Outbreak of cases in the West Indies, vigilance in the south, implementation of the health pass and evolution of vaccination: the executive, once again under pressure, meets this Wednesday during a Health Defense Council, chaired by Emmanuel Macron by videoconference from Brégançon. This Council of Ministers mobilized on the ground against the Covid-19 epidemic, in the heart of the summer, is scheduled for 11:00. Jean Castex will attend from Carcassonne, where he comes to visit the Hospital Center. Sébastien Lecornu (Overseas) will connect from Guadeloupe, where he arrived overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday. And one thing is certain, the government will still promote vaccination.
“A health and humanitarian drama”
At the highest level of the State, it is considered that the alarming situation in the West Indies is proof, if any, that vaccination is the most effective weapon against the virus. In Guadeloupe and Martinique, the first injection rate does not exceed 22% and the incidence rate is exploding. The authorities admit it, the insular nature of these territories limits hospital capacity but they insist: vaccination must be stepped up. This is why the government is taking the issue head on.
It is also Olivier Véran himself who posted a video calling for the solidarity of caregivers to send reinforcements to the West Indies. On Tuesday, 240 of them boarded two specially chartered planes. What to support and relieve the Martinican hospital services. A relief for Professor André Cabier, infectious disease specialist at the CHU of Fort-de-France, who sees the arrival of caregivers in mainland France as a real breath of fresh air.
“We are truly in a situation of health and humanitarian tragedy because we are no longer able to take care of patients correctly and we deplore about ten deaths per day”, he regretted. “The arrival of many caregivers from France has been the only good news for several weeks, it is totally unexpected help that will allow us to do two things: first to consolidate all the openings of beds and then to ‘open additional beds for critical care and conventional hospitalization, “said the specialist.
“Regain the population’s confidence in vaccination”
For Amandine, infectious disease specialist at the Saint-Etienne University Hospital, who left for two weeks in Guadeloupe, the choice was quickly made. “It is extremely moving to leave in these conditions. Managing an epidemic does not occur every day but it is the heart of our profession. As I was relieved of my clinical activities in metropolitan France, I I was able to leave without failing and it was a personal choice, ”she explains. And among the areas on which the mother will have to work, vaccination is a priority. “It will be important to be able to invest in this subject and in particular to regain the confidence of the population,” she said.
Health Minister Olivier Véran is due to join his overseas colleague, Sébastien Lecornu, in Martinique on Thursday. Ministers are expected to visit a hospital and a vaccination center. But in the meantime, in Defense Council this Wednesday the message is clear to the executive. It is a matter of displaying state support for caregivers, but above all of encouraging vaccination once again.
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