Families are using an anti-virus 'bubble' to meet with residents of long-term care homes in France.
BOURBOURG, FRANCE -- Nathalie Szczepaniak caresses the hand of her husband Joseph, a care home resident, as the couple reunites after weeks without a visit because of France's coronavirus lockdown.The couple meets in an anti-virus "bubble" at Joseph's nursing home in Bourbourg, northern France, separated by a clear plastic sheet that allows them some physical contact, face-to-face, without the risk of infection.
So far, the virus has killed 10,336 people at French care homes, authorities say, more than a third of the national toll of 28,596. "We can touch each other, you can feel the body heat through the ... It is very, very, very nice," Szczepaniak said, a big smile on her face. Before the bubble, the home had tried to facilitate family access by placing residents in the on-site restaurant, with visitors waving and talking to them through the windows, from outside."Today, with this bubble... they can talk, see each other without masks and almost touch," said Bernard, who recounts seeing one couple kiss through the plastic."It is excellent. Excellent!" exclaims Nathalie. "He did not even notice the plastic.
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