Heat wave: what is prohibited in red vigilance – CNEWS

Météo France has placed twelve departments on heatwave red alert this Friday, June 17. This notice is combined with several restrictions and safety instructions to best protect the health of citizens. The heat wave could last a long time, and the bans too. Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres, Gers, Gironde, Haute-Garonne, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Vienne and Vendée were the twelve departments placed on red alert vigilance by Météo France on Friday June 17 in the morning. Schoolchildren and college students in the areas concerned have been asked to stay at home. The prefectures of these departments have respectively given several optional or mandatory restrictions. In the Gers, the prefecture has recommended the cancellation of all outdoor physical and sporting activity. The same goes for the Gironde health authorities, who called on residents not to do outdoor sports, “even when you are young and in good health”, they declared the day before, during a press conference. in the prefecture of Gironde. 12 dpts in #vigilanceRouge25 dpts in #vigilanceOrangeStay informed at https://t.co/rJ24zzmmy4 pic.twitter.com/1fvrfBQajT — VigiMétéoFrance (@VigiMeteoFrance) June 17, 2022 The Gironde has declared a ban on “all public demonstrations outdoors or in non-air-conditioned rooms. Tarn also canceled the giant screen broadcast of the Top 14 semi-final between Castres and Toulouse. The “blue plan” activated in several EHPAD Certain departments do not wait to be on red or orange vigilance to act in order to prevent the dangers of the heat wave. In Île-de-France, the prefect Didier Lallement invited drivers to limit their speed on the road. Haut-Rhin and Bas-Rhin have given the same recommendations to motorists, inviting them to reduce their speed by 20 km/h, In New Aquitaine, certain institutions have also decided to anticipate the red alert for a few days, thanks to the implementation of a blue plan in nursing homes. This device involves “greater monitoring of residents”, “the obligation to set up at least one air-conditioned room” and the compulsory establishment of an air-conditioned room, explained the director of the Regional Health Agency of New Aquitaine, on France Bleu. An adaptation of drug treatments is also provided for by the blue plan, “because there are drugs such as diuretics which promote dehydration”, he continued.