The Alpes-Maritimes Department provides masks to family assistants. The goal of the Departmental Council is to protect the populations most exposed to Covid-19.
3,120. That is the number of FFP2 masks offered by the Alpes-Maritimes Department to family assistants (foster families). The purpose? To provide additional aid in curbing the spread of the virus. “They are on the front lines in the fight against child poverty,” noted Charles Ange Ginésy, the President of the Alpes-Maritimes Department, in a statement, “it is our duty to supply, using all available means, both the most vulnerable and those who care for them.”
The Department had already donated 500,000 masks in February to vulnerable populations. Ten FFP2 masks per person were distributed to members of the “seniors in action” program, to beneficiaries of the Personal Autonomy Allowance (APA), as well as to those receiving a Disability Compensation Benefit (PCH).
The Departmental Council has delivered over 4,500,000 surgical masks and just under one million FFP2 masks to the inhabitants of the Alpes-Maritimes. This amounts to a total of approximately 5,500,000 units since the beginning of the pandemic.
While foster families are receiving a delivery of masks, as of February 2, they are no longer mandatory on the streets throughout France. This decision was announced on January 20 by Prime Minister Jean Castex.
In terms of virus spread, according to the latest available figures, Santé publique France recorded 241,049 new Covid-19 infections on February 4. Over seven days, the positivity rate is 29.4% in the Alpes-Maritimes. The department itself records an incidence rate of 3004.0 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
