Heat Wave and Health Alert System in the Centre-Val de Loire Region. Epidemiological Update as of June 21, 2017.

Key Points

June 20, 2017 (orange alert in the region’s six departments)

  • An upward trend in visits to hospital emergency rooms and SOS Médecins clinics for heat-related illnesses (despite relatively low numbers), primarily in Loir-et-Cher (41) and Loiret (45); the majority of emergency room visits involved children under 15 years of age.

  • No significant impact from the ozone pollution episode (exceeding the information threshold) reported for June 20, 2017.

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