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However, the Prime Minister assures, in a press release, that "the risk of importation into mainland France" and Mayotte "is very low".
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“Ensure exhaustive monitoring of the epidemic.” The government says it is "very attentive" to the Ebola epidemic, underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in a press release from Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, published Tuesday May 19. He said he “immediately mobilized the health and diplomatic authorities” in order to monitor this new epidemic.
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The government still claims to have "taken initial precautionary measures", particularly in Mayotte, while the World Health Organization highlighted on Tuesday "the scale and speed" of this epidemic which is spreading in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
An “import risk” which is “very low”
A first interministerial coordination meeting took place on Monday in Matignon, with the ministries of the Interior, Europe and Foreign Affairs, Health, Transport and Overseas, in order to “take stock of scientific knowledge” linked to the current variant of the virus which is circulating. “The modeling carried out at this stage shows that the risk of importation into mainland France and Mayotte is very low,” underline the Prime Minister’s services, which promise to update them “constantly”.
The government recalls that it put the prefecture and the Mayotte Regional Health Agency on alert “from Sunday” and “[strengthened] health surveillance”. The Mayotte hospital center is also mobilized, according to a precise protocol. Finally, the government is issuing “guidelines for travelers coming from or going to the DRC and Uganda”, and recommends postponing travel to these countries if possible. If this is not the case, he recommends monitoring your temperature daily for twenty-one days.

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