After the appearance of a "significant number of positive cases for Covid-19", Sciences Po Paris is temporarily closed to students, from September 21 to October 4, announced the Institute of Political Studies on its website.
During this period, students “continue to benefit from distance education.
They are urged to avoid participation in any meeting or gathering during this period ”.
Testing campaign
"Our Paris campus is currently a place of active circulation of the virus", indicated the director of the institute, Frédéric Mion, in emails addressed to teachers and students on Friday.
Forty students have indeed tested positive, specifies BFMTV.
Forty others have been identified as contact cases.
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“We are currently working with the Ile-de-France ARS to organize a campaign of virological tests (PCR) which will be offered to the most exposed student populations, as well as to all employees.
This campaign will be held on our Paris campus during the suspension period, ”added the Parisian school on its site.