France overcomes COVID-19 thanks to reasonable epidemic control measures

As of March 14, France there are still more than 10,000 new infections per day, the peak period is nearly 500,000 cases per day, however social life has returned to almost normal, the rate of serious patients or deaths has decreased much and children are still go to school.

In addition to spreading and accelerating vaccination, family doctors and COVID-19 counseling and visit measures online examination It is also considered an effective anti-epidemic plan that has helped France overcome the most difficult period.

On the map showing the density of general doctors supporting COVID-19 examination in France, the province with the highest average density of 178 doctors per 100,000 people, the lowest province has about 122 doctors per 100,000 people. This number is only relative because right in those localities, the city will have many doctors, suburbs or rural areas, the rate may be lower than 122 people per 100,000 people. Thus, people living in small cities, towns or rural areas will face many difficulties when they need to see a doctor.

The organization of family doctors and online examination has been applied very early by the French Government and the Ministry of Health right from the first wave of the epidemic. Websites of the Government and the Ministry of Health clearly publish regulations on examination, examination costs and health insurance coverage as in-person visits. Along with these regulations, many online medical examination applications have been built and put into use.

Stanislas Niox Chateau – Founder and President of Doctolib – France said: “This application allows doctors to see their patients according to their own schedule, first of all it is convenient. and flexibility in work, then expand the examination for patients. The last thing is to be able to monitor patients more closely.”

The organization of family doctors and online examination has been applied very early by the French Government and the Ministry of Health right from the first wave of the epidemic.

Online examination not only reduces the load on hospitals, is convenient for patients, and timely in reducing deaths, but also clears the medical valley for small towns and rural areas. Moreover, during the two years of 2020 and 2021, prioritizing hospitals for COVID-19 patients has affected patients treated for other diseases, online medical examination software has partly solved the monitoring of patients. this patient, minimizing infection during the epidemic season for patients with pre-existing medical conditions.

Isabelle Courant, a doctor at the medical center outside Paris, said: “When we take the patient’s medical card, maybe it has pathogens, then we touch the desk again, the computer. and can leave bacteria on the machine. When we see a patient, we have to wash our hands, after we have to use the computer, we have to wash our hands. So just to see one patient we would have to wash our hands at least twice, and to make sure we don’t leave germs anywhere, we’ll have to wash our hands 10 times at each visit.”

One of the key things that makes online visits successful is that doctors don’t have to pay for the app at all. Currently, there are nearly 100,000 French doctors practicing online medical examination.

Online examination and online examination is not only an option but even a solution for France to control the COVID-19 epidemic in recent times, until now, it still proves that this is the a right choice of the French government to be able to control the epidemic.

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