How will the return to school for Parisian students go? The President of the Scientific Council recalled this on Monday. Among the big cities, Paris is the one “ where there are the maximum number of children and the maximum amount of transport ”. It is also a city classified red, where the rate of reproduction of the virus, of approximately 1.3, is "relatively stable since August but beyond the threshold of alert" and where there are thirty-five clusters, according to the town hall.
During his press conference on Thursday, Christophe Kerrero, the new rector of Paris, former chief of staff of Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer, wanted to be reassuring. All students will be enrolled on September 1, according to the same national protocol as in the rest of the territory.
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However, he does not hide it: we must expect this year to close classes or even schools in the capital, depending on the detection of cases of students or infected staff. These decisions will be taken jointly by the rector and the regional health agency,
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