DIRECT. Covid-19: teachers' strike this Thursday against health protocols

The essential

• 361,719 new contaminations were recorded on Wednesday in 24 hours by Public Health France.

  This is less than the 368,149 cases and the “record” of the day before.

  The Minister of Health expects a drop in contamination or a plateau in the coming days.

• Public Health France deplores the death of 249 patients diagnosed with Covid-19.

  Nearly 4,000 patients are hospitalized in critical care.

• Teachers are on strike this Thursday to denounce a complex health protocol and a communication deemed hazardous.

  The Snuipp-FSU, the first primary union, announces 75% of strikers and half of the schools closed.

  "I do everything to keep the school open," defends Jean-Michel Blanquer.

• The Senate voted on the night of Wednesday to Thursday on first reading the bill passes vaccination after having significantly modified it.

  This afternoon, deputies and senators meet in a joint committee.

Follow the events of the day live:

6:35 am.

Teachers strike this Thursday.

Exasperated by the proliferation of health protocols in schools, teachers call for a general strike.

According to forecasts from Snuipp-FSU, the leading union in primary education, 75% of primary school teachers may not pass through the school gate, half of which should therefore be closed.

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6:25 a.m.

The Senate validates

Minors will, for example, be subject to the health pass and not the vaccination pass.

The latter could also only be imposed when the number of hospitalizations linked to Covid-19 exceeds 10,000 patients nationally, and would automatically disappear below this threshold.