Question 37562 — health

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Ms. Florence Provendier draws the attention of the Minister of the Interior to the method of detection and tracing of covid-19 put in place by the COMETE unit of the Marseille firefighters battalion. This approach, tested since spring 2021 in Bouches-du-Rhône and since in Dunkirk, aims to track SARS COV2, the covid-19 virus, wherever it is found, on surfaces but also in the air, by carrying out different sampling in particular of wastewater. This agile monitoring and alert technique allows collective, non-invasive, regular and efficient measurement of the presence of the virus in given locations. Indeed, the collective indicator does not carry selection bias like indicators based on individual tests and the measured signal is ahead of the pressure exerted on the health system. Furthermore, this method allows a territorialization and proportionality of the health response unlike individual detection. When leaving sensitive establishments, it allows regular monitoring and faster identification of the contaminating element. The challenge is to be able to monitor territories upstream and regularly and then escalate the alert system using more targeted and individualized means in the event of contamination. The impact of COMETE network is recognized by the communities which have adopted it but its financing and the conditions of its deployment on a national scale must now be modeled. The unit estimates the cost of a departmental monitoring system at around 50,000 euros per month and per department, or around 5 million euros per month for all departments. She questions him about the possibility of generalizing to the entire territory the method developed by the COMETE unit and the envisaged time frame as well as the budget that the Government could release to support this innovative and effective initiative in the fight against the spread of the virus.

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