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Covid-19: at school, the number of closed classes continues to decrease

2021-10-09T08:22:09.440Z


The Ministry of National Education echoed this Friday a further encouraging drop in the number of classes closed for cause


The number of classes closed due to Covid-19 has been decreasing for more than three weeks.

Thursday, 1,254 were closed for this health reason, indicates the Ministry of National Education in a weekly point.

This new figure attests to a decrease over one week, since 1,692 classes were closed the previous Thursday, a decrease already compared to the previous week (2,366) and that before (3,299).

This number of closed classes represents 0.24% of classes in the country.

The ministry also indicates that four school structures (four primary schools, but no college or high school) are closed because of the epidemic, or 0.007% of establishments.

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These encouraging figures should be put into perspective with regard to the progression of vaccines and better deployment of screening.

Since the beginning of September, 8,664 of the 10,700 middle and high schools have offered "a vaccination course" to students aged 12 and over.

Finally, for the week of September 27 to October 4, 368,923 saliva tests were offered for students and staff, and 186,281 were performed.

68 departments without a mask at school from Monday

For the start of the school year, the ministry has retained the “level 2” health protocol (out of 4) which authorizes all students to be received face-to-face and requires them to wear a mask indoors, except in kindergarten.

The obligation to wear a mask in elementary school (CP to CM2) has however been lifted for students since Monday in 47 departments "where the incidence rate stabilizes below the threshold of 50 per 100,000 inhabitants" , passed to level 1 of the protocol.

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The mask will no longer be compulsory in 68 departments from Monday for primary school students, according to a list published Thursday in the Official Journal.

Teachers must continue to wear it.

A case of Covid-19 in a primary school class leads to a closure.

In the event of contamination in middle or high school, only unvaccinated contact cases students must isolate themselves for one week.

Mask at school: here is the updated map of the 68 departments where it will no longer be compulsory from next Monday


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Source: leparis

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