From next week, the Ministry of Health will make available to schools a million antigenic tests for staff according to the Ministry of National Education.
Deployment of these rapid tests "is expected to begin next week.
They will be intended for all establishments located in areas where access to virological tests (RT-PCR) (which allow to know if a person is carrying the virus at the time of the test, Editor's note) is tense and when cases of Covid -19 have appeared in the establishment, ”said the ministry, confirming information from Les Echos.
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Initially, “only the personnel (teachers, administrators, supervisors) will be concerned, not the students.
The tests will be carried out by school nurses on a voluntary basis, who will eventually be assisted by civil protection associations or health students, ”adds rue de Grenelle.
3,528 students and 1,165 staff tested positive
The Ministry of Education counted on Friday 3,528 students tested positive and 1,165 staff, to report to the 12 million students and 1 million agents in the National Education.
Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer then estimated that the number of Covid-19 cases among students and teachers was "under control" in France.
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The contaminations identified within the education system remain "below the proportions that are encountered in the rest of the population," he stressed.
Faced with the worsening of the Covid-19 epidemic and an emerging grumbling, the Minister of Education announced Thursday a strengthening of the health protocol at the high school.
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