Suspected cases:
- Isolate yourself strictly at home,
- Avoid contact,
- Call a doctor before going to his office/ try tele-consultation/ call the corona hotline number (0800130000).
- If the symptoms worsen with difficult breathing and signs of suffocation, call 15 .
- Get tested if you are fragile or high risk person or have signs of seriousness or you are already hospitalized or you are a healthcare professional.
- If you do not belong to any of these categories, your Doctor will perform diagnosis on clinical signs .
- For confirmation of symptoms, please take the following test:
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Who is considered an "at risk" person?
- people aged 70 and above;
- patients with dialyzed chronic renal failure;
- patients with a cardiovascular history;
- insulin-dependent diabetics who are unbalanced or who have complications;
- people with a chronic respiratory pathology likely to worsen during a viral infection;
- patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis;
- people with congenital or acquired immunosuppression (drugs: cancer chemotherapy, immunosuppressive chemotherapy, biotherapy and/or immunosuppressive corticosteroid therapy, uncontrolled HIV infection with CD4 <200/mm³, following solid organ or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, with treatment-emergent haematopoietic malignancies, with metastatic cancer);
- at least stage B cirrhosis patients;
- pregnant women in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy;
- people with morbid obesity (body mass index> 40kg / m²)
If tested positive :
- Stay strictly at home and if you have an essential medical appointment wear a mask to get there.
- In case of breathing difficulty, please call 15.
- Depending on your situation, self-monitor yourself as per the monitoring protocol set up by your Doctor.
- Apply the home maintenance instructions, to protect yourself and your family members. The strict isolation will be lifted when doctor confirms recovery.
If tested negative:
- Continue to apply barrier gestures ( wash your hands very regularly, cough and sneeze into elbow, use single-use tissues, greet without shaking hands, stop kissing and continue to limit trips to what is strictly necessary.)
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(Based on information shared by French Ministry of Health and Solidarity)