Twenty-five middle school students from Amiens will not be able to return to school until next week, put in fourteen after a teenage girl encountered during a refresher course tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the rectorate.
During a "
success internship
" at Rosa Parks college, organized the week of August 24 to 28, a schoolgirl presented symptoms of Covid-19, the rectorate reported Tuesday September 1 to AFP, confirming information from the regional daily the Courrier Picard.
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Her parents informed the establishment and she did not return the following days, "
with due regard for the conduct to be held
".
The direction of the college and the regional health agency, which received the confirmation of his positive test during the weekend, “
listed
” the “
contact cases
”, that is to say the college students who followed a circus activity outside. from college with her, without masks.
Twenty-five college students and the two supervisors who supervised the activity were placed in fourteen, which runs from Tuesday, August 25.
"
We strictly respect the recommendations of the ministry,
" said the rectorate.
The adolescents concerned will return to class "
in the course of the
next
week
", subject to a negative test and the opinion of the health authorities.
Teachers who have taught in class, therefore wearing masks and facing schoolchildren with masks, are not considered “
risky contacts
” and are therefore not affected by the fortnight.
“
Success internships
” are refresher courses offered during the summer holidays to students from elementary school to high school experiencing difficulties in their learning, on a voluntary basis.
