Izzy
Senior Insider
Interesting to see that the most ARS report includes population-adjusted threshold criteria that, I believe, are the same as used for mainland France. I don't recall seeing these in the regional ARS report before.
By case number:
Seuil de vigilance: 10 per 100000 in a 1 week period (exceeded by St Barth with 10.42)
Seuil d'alerte: 50 per 100000 in a 1 week period (exceeded by St Martin with 118.16)
For St Barth, this means ARS calculations are being based on a population of 9600 and that any time there is 1 case/week the seul de vigilance will be reached and that 5 cases in a week will reach the seuil d'alerte. I do not know how an influx of seasonal or other workers is to be considered by the ARS. Tourists would typically be considered separately but that too is among the many things I know that I don't know.
By percentage of positive PCR tests:
Seuil de vigilance: 5% which was exceeded for St Martin (7.62%) but not for St Barth (1.15%).
Seuil d'alerte: 10%
The report also notes that viral reproduction factor, which France has used as an imortant criteria in decision-making, is considered "indisponible" (unavailable) for both islands due to their small populations.
By case number:
Seuil de vigilance: 10 per 100000 in a 1 week period (exceeded by St Barth with 10.42)
Seuil d'alerte: 50 per 100000 in a 1 week period (exceeded by St Martin with 118.16)
For St Barth, this means ARS calculations are being based on a population of 9600 and that any time there is 1 case/week the seul de vigilance will be reached and that 5 cases in a week will reach the seuil d'alerte. I do not know how an influx of seasonal or other workers is to be considered by the ARS. Tourists would typically be considered separately but that too is among the many things I know that I don't know.
By percentage of positive PCR tests:
Seuil de vigilance: 5% which was exceeded for St Martin (7.62%) but not for St Barth (1.15%).
Seuil d'alerte: 10%
The report also notes that viral reproduction factor, which France has used as an imortant criteria in decision-making, is considered "indisponible" (unavailable) for both islands due to their small populations.
