Schools in the municipalities of Soyaux and La Couronne, in the suburbs of Angoulême, were closed after two members of the "teaching or supervisory staff" tested positive for Covid-19, the Charente prefecture said on Sunday. “Virological analyzes revealed on Saturday two positive cases at COVID 19 of teaching or supervisory staff in educational and extracurricular establishments in Charente, one at the (elementary) Célestin Freinet school in Soyaux, the other at the cultural and social center and sportsman (CSCS) of the Crown, " said the prefecture in a statement.
After the contact case investigation, it was found that "the two positive people had no close contact with children" and that "no individual at risk situation is identified at this time in the sphere professional ” .
The prefecture of Charente, “green” department which has recorded only 249 cases of coronavirus since the start of the epidemic, nevertheless decided “in agreement with the mayors of the municipalities concerned, to proceed with the temporary closure of these establishments As well as four other Crown schools (two elementary and two kindergartens), associated with the CSCS.
In the neighboring department of Dordogne, the town hall of Sorges-et-Ligueux told an AFP correspondent on Saturday that it was postponing the start of the school year, which was scheduled for Monday, after the confirmation of a case of Covid- 19 on a canteen employee mobilized during confinement.
According to the local press, the same case with a municipal agent occurred in Mialet, in the Dordogne also, where the intercommunal educational grouping of Mialet, Firbeix, Chalais and Saint-Jory-de-Chalais will remain closed this week.