What you must remember
Friday evening, the Regional Health Agency (ARS) counted 489 patients currently hospitalized, five cases more than Thursday evening (484). The number of deaths is increasing with 2 new victims. The death toll is now 134 deaths since the start of the epidemic. 24 patients left the hospital, bringing to 421 the number of people healed in the Loire.
In total, in the Rhône-Alpes-Auvergne region, 2,965 people carrying the coronavirus are hospitalized (-5 compared to the previous day) and 954 died in hospital (+27 compared to the previous day). 3,637 patients with Covid-19 have returned home since the start of the epidemic (144 this Thursday).
Concerning the nursing homes of the Loire, Public Health France indicates that, on April 8 (last figure available), 44 residents died in the structures and 5 in the hospital.
But according to a last assessment established this Wednesday, April 15 by the management of the Rieu-Parent nursing home, in Noirétable, five new residents have died aftermath of Covid-19 in the past few days, bringing the number of victims to eight.
> Consult the map of the progression of the epidemic in our departments.
6 pm | ASSE – Covid-19: CHU de Saint-Etienne thanks donors
Over 88,000 seats were sold for the virtual final between ASSE and Covid-19. An initiative launched by the Stéphane club and the ASSE Cœur Vert association. Each place was sold for 1 euro and the sum will be donated to the Saint-Etienne University Hospital … or 88,058 euros.
On behalf of the research community of the Center Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne, Professors Bruno Pozzetto, Elisabeth Botelho-Nevers and Thomas Bourlet, thanked the thousands of donors who responded to ASSE’s call on Twitter.
Thank you to all the donors who responded to the call. @ASSEofficiel ! 👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/Cg8LlJoknH
– CHU Saint Etienne (@ChuSaintEtienne) April 17, 2020
4:40 pm | He revisits the Marseillaise inspired by the coronavirus epidemic
Marc Beauzemont, resident of Coteau in Roannais, took advantage of the confinement to bring up to date the French anthem with Covid-19 sauce … And that’s what it gives:
“To the tears of Citizens, keep your postillions, let’s hunt, let’s hunt, this impure wind, in chorus, in unison …”
To sing without moderation, from 8 p.m. tonight, at your windows!
4:16 pm | It will be a party on the balcony, tonight in Roche-la-Molière
All the Redheads are invited to meet on their balcony to pay tribute to the health staff and to party. For 20 minutes, they will be accompanied, live, by the RLF Radio Loire FM station (100.9) from 7:55 p.m.
Be on time !
3.30pm | Focal will help the AP-HP foundation with the sale of its Saint-Etienne products
To help the AP-HP (Public Assistance, Paris Hospitals) teams in their fight against the Covid-19, the French brand Focal will donate to the AP-HP foundation 1% of the selling price of Focal products made in France.
The goal is to encourage caregivers and advance research.
This operation is carried out on the online sale of Focal products made in France, in the brand’s workshops in Saint-Etienne (products for the home, the automobile and headphones).
2:30 p.m. | MP, Julien Borowczyk (LREM), distributes aprons and overcoats
This week, the deputy, Julien Borowczyk (LREM) will distribute 5,300 gowns and 1,500 aprons to nursing homes, local hospitals and the forez hospital center. A doctor by profession, this equipment was acquired through his medical office.
“These protections, associated with the generalized screening tests by Olivier Veran for 10 days, will allow the nursing staff to work in good conditions”, explains the deputy.
1:50 p.m. | The boaters of the port of Roanne applaud the caregivers
12.50pm |CHU de Saint-Etienne recalls the importance of confinement
This Friday, the direction of the CHU of Saint-Etienne issued a press release on containment. The objective is to encourage people to respect confinement. “Essential measures”, according to the establishment.
“In recent weeks, due to the epidemic of Covid-19, health facilities in Saint-Etienne have experienced unprecedented activity, especially in intensive care.”
The management of the CHU also recalls that patients suffering from other pathologies are always welcomed.
11.35 am | Ten months after his operation in Saint-Etienne, Chris Froome thanks the caregivers
The English cycling champion, Chris Froome, multiple winner of the Tour de France, has just tweeted in order to thank the caregivers of the CHU of Saint-Etienne. Here is the translation of his tweet in French. :
“Thank you to the Saint-Etienne University Hospital and to Doctor Philippot for allowing me to get back on a bike. Today, the Saint-Etienne University Hospital and the other hospitals in France are facing # COVID19”
In addition to Professor Pr Rémi Philippot, who operated on him after his serious accident during the reconnaissance of a time trial at the Critérium du Dauphiné in Roanne, he pays tribute to all the caregivers of French hospitals who are fighting in front of the Covid-19 .
10 months later. Thank you to @ChuSaintEtienne & Dr Philippot for putting me back together & getting me back on the bike. Today CHU Saint-Étienne and other hospitals across France are facing their own challenge with # COVID19
INEOS are hoping to help https://t.co/GYaTGRJ5nJ pic.twitter.com/DpGC0Gjrpu– Chris Froome (@chrisfroome) April 16, 2020
10:35 am | La Fouillouse: the town hall offers masks to seniors
The town hall had gone to buy 400 masks in Charlieu. A second order for 400 new masks arrived in the community house.
These masks will therefore be offered to seniors over 70 who do not yet have them. One mask per person!
To collect them, go to the town hall every morning from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
9:35 am |In Sorbiers, a mask workshop to equip municipal staff
Municipal employees will be equipped with “made in Sorbiers” masks. A workshop has been set up at the service center. He benefits from the experience of professional seamstresses like Martine Zaworski.
Jocelyne Robert, prevention advisor and Chantal Lashermes, prevention assistant have assembled a team of volunteer seamstresses for a mission of general interest: the making of fabric masks.
Three teams have been formed. Four people cutting, twelve sewing, four ironing and finishing. Each brings their own equipment, which allows them not to circulate the equipment and stay within safety rules.
A collection of fabric and accessories was made upstream. The difficulty was to obtain elastic bands.
At an average of five masks made each hour and per sewing machine (twelve machines are in place), several hundred masks could thus be made during these participative workshops.
8:45 am | In Roannais, squirrels come to knock on the windows
The story takes place in a small town in Roannais, in Saint-Hilaire-sous-Charlieu. As nature fades, birds and squirrels take their ease.
Jacqueline Fessy’s house is located in the middle of the woods. In this period of confinement, she finds that “nature is taking back its rights”. Indeed, animal species are even more numerous to frequent the place and several rare birds in our region have appeared.
But the most touching is the arrival of several squirrels approaching very close to the house, having even managed to make friends with Jacqueline’s cats.
For several days each morning, the “Marcel” squirrel has come to the bathroom window for a hearty breakfast.
His companion “Caroline”, slightly more shy, chose the bird feeder located nearby to taste the nuts that Jacqueline drops them every day.
8 hours | “The resumption of activity is in sight, but in the fog …”
The Lyon-Métropole-Saint-Étienne-Roanne Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) has spoken with nearly 2,000 business leaders in its area since last week. The observation: “The resumption of activity is in sight, but in the fog …
Exchanges between the CCI and 371 companies (*), it emerges that “the leaders evoke more and more the month of September as the date of real recovery”.
The sector of cafes, restaurants, restaurants and personal services expects a soft recovery with a big questioning on the behavior of customers after this long period of confinement. For the building and public works and industry: business leaders anticipate a sudden recovery following the complete stoppage of many construction sites with the double problem of guaranteeing employee security and the difficulty of supply to ensure a recovery rapid construction and production.
Did you not follow the news related to coronavirus in the Loire yesterday? Find our live of Thursday here.