Coronavirus: Three confirmed cases in the northern islands

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Three cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed as positive in the northern islands by the Pasteur laboratory in Guadeloupe, which is now able to carry out the analyzes. He is a resident of Saint Barthélemy and his parents who came to visit, says ARS in a press release.

The resident of Saint-Barthélemy is currently confined to his home with daily surveillance. His state of health is not worrying.

Her parents are in solitary confinement at the Saint-Martin hospital and are closely followed. Their state of health is not worrying.

Samples from people who have been in contact are being analyzed or carried out. There are, in addition, two other possible cases with a couple of residents in Saint-Martin returned from vacation in Oise. Their samples are being processed.

To date, there are no possible or confirmed cases in Guadeloupe. However, as the Director-General of WHO said, "the virus has no borders" and the potential risk of having cases anywhere in the world is very high. It should be noted that the strongest possibility of entry of the virus into Guadeloupe is the arrival of asymptomatic people, either visiting or returning home, who will not declare the infection until a few days later.

This is the reason why the strategy to fight this infection is information on the behaviors to adopt when the symptoms appear (call 15, isolate yourself, have the least contact with your loved ones, wear a mask. when sick), sampling and analysis when the case is classified as possible by the SAMU and / or infectiologists; and finally the care adapted to each case.

What favors the spread are contacts of less than XNUMX meters for a period of at least ten minutes, but above all contamination by the hands. In fact, the hands are brought to the face on average every minute and encourage the entry of the virus through the eyes, nose and mouth.

So, to avoid the spread, you absolutely must avoid kissing to say hello, avoid shaking hands, wash your hands at least every hour, use hydro-alcoholic solutions, sneeze in your elbow, use disposable handkerchiefs. Wearing a mask in the absence of disease is not useful because it is mainly the hands

who carry the virus. Masks are useful for sick people when they are in the presence of other people and for caregivers who are in close contact with the sick.

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