MARIGOT:--- The assessment of the COVID-19 cases remains unchanged in Saint-Martin with 2 confirmed cases and 2 others in Saint-Barth.
In Saint-Martin, the two confirmed patients were hospitalized in the dedicated department for their care and closer monitoring.
The investigation conducted by ARS and Public Health France continues to identify the routes of COVID-19 confirmed persons.
Contact persons are called on the phone by the dedicated ARS team to inform them, and tell them how to behave (maintaining isolation + monitoring their state of health), and specifying the procedures for taking charge in the event of the onset of symptoms.
The ARS is implementing, in partnership with Health Insurance and the French Red Cross, a Response, Information to the Population, Orientation and Monitoring platform to support the process of identifying and orienting patients.
This operational platform as of Friday will prevent the saturation of Center 15 to preserve its regulatory function for life-threatening situations. This service will be operational this Friday.
The screening and patient management strategy in Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy is based on national recommendations.
The proposal to screen patients with signs of COVID-19 is currently being adapted. The main principles are:
- Systematic screening of hospitalized people
- Screening of people at risk following a medical evaluation
- Screening of professionals essential to the continuity of service for the population.
Guadeloupe.
- Screening by sentinel doctors of people showing signs in the city to assess the kinetics of the epidemic in the population
Systematic screening for the entire population would not bring benefit to people with mild forms and would put the laboratory, by a massive influx of examinations, in difficulty, potentially causing delays in treatment for severe cases.
We must understand that we have gone from a strategy of identifying the entry of the virus into our
territory to a strategy for identifying the most severe cases.
Today, the analysis of requests for additional masks is underway.
Important destocking will be carried out on the basis of this analysis and new deliveries are expected on the territory by the end of the week. However, everyone is asked to respect the doctrine because it is important to preserve this resource.
