Jean-Michel Blanquer, announced Friday that in the 19 departments concerned by the regional reconfinement, a single case of Covid in a class would now result in its closure, against three cases previously.
"This will necessarily mean more class closures in the coming days for those who are concerned," he admitted, adding that this would concern "all school levels", from kindergarten to high school.
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In one week, the number of closed classes doubled in Paris. The incidence rate of confirmed cases among 10/19 year olds was 684.4 cases per 100,000 inhabitants while the incidence rate for the Parisian population of all ages was 522.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.