“You will no longer find a center near you, we are in the process of concentrating the test centers”, explains the president of the Syndicate of biologists

From this Wednesday, March 1, Covid tests are no longer fully covered by Social Security. The mutual will pay 40% of the price. And those who do not have mutual will have to put their hand in their pocket. In full inflation, “some [patients] won’t get tested”assures the president of the Syndicate of Biologists, François Blanchecotte this Wednesday on franceinfo, while the number of tests is already falling, with “290,000 tests” made every week in France.

“We go down to a floor”, says the biologist, who warns: “You will no longer find a center near you, we are concentrating the test centers.” Some laboratories do not have “no longer enough tests to carry out to keep the equipment, the sampling sites and the staff”continues François Blanchecotte.

“And we will continue to do fewer and fewer tests”, projects the biologist because the resuscitation centers have “stopped asking for negative Covid tests” for certain operations.

The sector employed “more than 10,000 people” additional at the height of the crisis, to meet demand. Today, “at least 50%” have already left according to the president of the Syndicate of Biologists.