the state of health emergency in Guadeloupe will be lifted on November 14

Guadeloupe is preparing to “enter the three phase of deconfinement”. The state of health emergency will cease to apply in the territory on the evening of Sunday November 14, announced the prefect Alexandre Rochatte on Wednesday November 10, during a weekly situation update in Basse-Terre. The curfew will end “from Sunday evening” and gauges “will be modified” for certain activities.

After suffering a murderous fourth wave, the archipelago is now in an epidemic situation “rather stable”, explained Valérie Denux, the director general of the Regional Health Agency (ARS). From November 1 to 7, 2021, “166 new positive cases were detected in the territory “, down from the previous week. The incidence rate is 44 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

Covid-19 screening tests “will remain free” until December 6. ARS has ordered Public Health France “a seroprevalence survey” in order to “know the collective immunity in the territory and adapt our methodology for monitoring the epidemic”. In Guadeloupe, 46.14% of people over 18 received a first injection of the vaccine.