PUBLISHED ON 11/05/2013
By The news has not been a bombshell. Yesterday morning, the inhabitants of the town of Englefontaine, about thirty miles from Valenciennes, found that the first case of coronavirus lived near them. Nothing to panic either. Just create a few comments and questions.
The corona what? What is this thing? Yesterday morning, on the Englefontaine up, there were many people to hear the news, like this woman, who admits to not having followed some way this matter. " But if, you know, the new virus , the calls then another. Apparently the first case here. "Information does not seem to worry about much.
Just she causes an interjection before moving to another topic of conversation. The same scene was repeated in several shops in the village. Only the presence of some media parked on the site begins to put a flea in the ear of the people.
It changes nothing
A little further, in the grocery store, many are careful not comment extensively the situation. A name is mentioned, but an insistent gaze and disapproving later, he quickly removed. " You know, we saw nothing, we know nothing. The village is quite extensive, we can not know everyone. "
Many are suspicious and afraid of saying too much. Out of respect for the patient's family and Englefontainois. " Everyone knows we're pretty quiet here , "loose, on the contrary, that other person. While many seem to know, most feign ignorance. "Whether at home or elsewhere, it's the same. It does not change, we will not point a finger family, it is not their fault , launches Gerard, at the counter of the bar next door. But people are starting to talk about it. "
At the municipal post office, Stephanie puts. " It is true that it can be scary. We're not going to panic, but maybe we will wonder, there still were 18 deaths of 34 infected people in the world, I think. "However, many people in the area want to serene. In the Quesnoy market, a few kilometers away, Fanny vegetable summarizes the situation: " Every year has its share of diseases. Such as avian flu. Whether you worried or not, it must work. If we had any panic ... "
More than anxiety, surprise
" I was taken aback , confirms the mayor, Michel Manesse, recalling the phone call from the sub-prefect, Wednesday. It is a village of 1340 inhabitants, who would have thought we would talk about us that way? "Portable hand, the chosen filter calls and waits for instructions from the Regional Health Agency, to know how to proceed. " Do not be alarmed, as there are no other cases in the municipality. And since the incubation period has passed , a priori, there will be none. We remain on the sidelines and wait to see the evolution of whether to inform the population. But in the meantime, we will not put people into quarantine! "
However, the mayor promotes alertness and appealed to relay on the ground: doctors, police, municipal employees ... " It was left over, it should just be reactive. " http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/coronavirus-a-englefontaine-le-village-du-malade-les-ia23b0n1241469
