Parents and teachers alike considered the test race "untenable".
Barely implemented, this new school health protocol to deal with the spread of the Omicron variant has just been relaxed slightly.
From now on, students will no longer have to start the course of the three tests again if a new positive case in their class occurs within less than seven days, indicates since Thursday evening, the website of the Ministry of National Education.
Concretely, the cycle of screening a child "only restarts if a second confirmed case has had contact with other students after a period of 7 days following the identification of the first case", specifies the ministry in an update. day of his questions and answers on the Covid.
A modification which should partly lighten the organization of parents.
Because until now, the pupils had to carry out a PCR or antigen test for each new positive case declared in the class, then carry out a self-test on D + 2 and D + 4 to be able to continue to follow the face-to-face lessons.
This also applied to secondary school students aged 12 and over who had received a full vaccination.
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School directors received an email on Thursday evening explaining the latest flexibilities, specifies France Info.
Another clarification, this relaxation further specifies the procedure to follow if the student is a contact case of a confirmed case within his family.
In this case, a quarantine of seven days from the onset of the case must be respected and an antigen test or PCR must be carried out at the end of this quarantine, unless the student is under 12 years of age or benefits of a complete vaccination schedule.
In this case, the latter must immediately carry out an antigen test or PCR then self-tests on D + 2 and D + 4 and can return to class if the results are negative.