LIVE – Heat wave: the Minister of Health evokes a “high probability” of red vigilance for this Tuesday

The mercury begins to rise sharply on Tuesday, particularly in the South-East, where “40°C will be exceeded in the afternoon”, explains Météo-France.

At 1:30 p.m., it was already 39.6°C in Céret (Pyrénées-Orientales), 38.1°C in Vailhan (Hérault), 36.6°C in Calvi (Haute-Corse) and 26.7°C in Mont -Aigoual, in the Gard, which culminates at 1567 meters.

For workers, especially outdoors, the health consequences of heat waves can be numerous and serious.

If the companies must put in place measures to protect employees, what about the schedules? Is it possible to shift working hours to avoid the hottest hours?

The Labor Code does not address this point and such a decision depends on case-by-case agreements between management and employees (or staff representatives). But as the government says, “workload, schedules, and more generally the organization of work must be adjusted to guarantee the health and safety of workers throughout the red vigilance period”.

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In the event of strong heat (yellow, orange or red warning), the employer must set up a work organization and suitable means.

But for some, labor law is no longer adapted to the multiplication and intensification of heat waves.

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Drinking a cold glass of alcohol can sometimes be a reflex to quench your thirst, but health professionals warn against the risks of heatstroke posed by drinking during hot weather.

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Guest of BFMTV, the Minister of Health Aurélien Rousseau said he feared that departments in the Rhône Valley would be placed on red alert for the day on Tuesday.

“We could reach temperature levels never before measured in France, so we are very concerned,” he said.

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While the temperatures will be particularly high for the end of August over a large part of the territory, it is from Occitanie and Rhône-Alpes to Provence and the Var where it will be the hottest.

“The feeling in full sun is hot in the afternoon in the Garonne valley, in Quercy or in the Rhône valley south of Lyon, higher than 42°C”, writes in this regard the site of the weather channel.

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While the mercury only slightly dropped overnight, it was already very hot on Monday morning. At 6 a.m., 31.4°C were recorded at Cap Béar in the Pyrénées-Orientales, 30°C in Perpignan and 27.3°C in Nice.

Heat waves are characterized in particular by high temperatures at night, which struggle to drop.

In areas where temperatures are particularly high, the alert level could go up a notch.

In its bulletin, Météo-France indicates that “the duration and intensity of this episode could require an evolution of vigilance towards a worsening, especially on Drôme / Ardèche (even Vaucluse and Gard), on the map of (Monday ) 16 hours”.

Several departments in orange vigilance are therefore at risk of falling into the red.

With Charente-Maritime added the day before, a total of 50 departments are on heatwave orange vigilance this Monday.

“A lasting and intense heat wave for the period has settled over the country”, writes Météo-France.

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