While the 54th edition of the Beaucroissant Spring fair is looming on April 26 and 27, the Regional Health Agency, relayed by the organizers of the event, wishes to alert the current measles epidemic which was identified in the Bièvre. While a cluster had been detected at the end of March on the side of the Saint-André coast, other cases had been identified in municipalities in the sector. Not very far from Beaucroissant. “There were 26 cases in total,” said this Thursday at a press conference Mayor Antoine Reboul. Nor is it a surge. But we are in touch with state services, we have a duty to inform as an organizer. »»
A letter sent to exhibitors
A letter from the Regional Health Agency was transmitted to the Fair exhibitors in this logic. Details are made to the epidemic. “The disease is transmitted by respiratory route (the viruses are mainly disseminated by speaking, coughing, sneezing) and a patient is contagious before the appearance of the eruption. Thus, during the fair, you could get in touch without knowing it with people who contracted measles. Vaccination is the best protection against this disease. »Compulsory before 1980 and since 2018, a large fringe of the population may not be vaccinated. “Regarding a disease with respiratory transmission, we recommend that you wear a surgical mask throughout the duration of your presence on the Fair site and to wash your hands regularly with hydroalcoholic gel, made available on site. »»
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