Wearing the emblematic surgical mask is once again compulsory in the Gers, here is where

While the Covid-19 pandemic has become a distant memory for many (it was already five years ago), the iconic surgical mask is back. It is even obligatory again in this place of Gers.

It is at Auch hospital center that you have to wear it. For what ? Due to the fluvery virulent this winter, among others. “As part of the fight against the high circulation of winter epidemics, since Monday January 13, wearing a mask becomes obligatory within the hospital and the La Ribère site,” communicates the hospital.

“This decision aims to protect the health of patients, healthcare professionals, visitors and accompanying persons”

A very virulent flu

The hospital center recalls that it is “also essential to respect barrier gestures : wash your hands regularly with soap and water or a hydroalcoholic solution, avoid shaking hands or exchanging hugs when greeting, cough or sneeze into your elbow or into a single-use tissue.

At the beginning of January 2025, the spread of influenza exploded in the region, clogging hospitals. There were then 1003 visits to the emergency room for this disease in Occitania, including 228 hospitalizations after emergency treatment. The ARS (Regional Health Agency) must soon publish new even higher figures.

The strike continues

A relatively unprecedented epidemic situation, at a time when part of the hospital staff is on strike. Since December 27, 2024, part of the paramedical team is in fact on strike for an unlimited period. There had already been one in the fall in this hospital center.

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