A person has tested positive for the British variant of the coronavirus in Bagneux (Hauts-de-Seine).
His gender has not been specified, but he is a kindergarten teacher.
The city and the Ministry of Education have announced a screening campaign: from Saturday, families will be able to be tested in the barnums installed in front of the establishments.
Reassured by the town hall, the parents of the students, initially worried, try not to give in to fear.
The person who tested positive worked in the Henri-Barbusse nursery school before Christmas and then during school holidays at the Maurice-Thorez school.
About ten contact cases were identified and then tested.
According to Mayor Marie-Hélène Amiable, some of them are positive for the coronavirus, but none is "a priori" to the strain of the British variant.
Called VOC 202012/01, this variant worries the international community.
The Minister of Health spoke on Thursday of "increased surveillance in schools", while this new strain of the virus could further infect children.