The prefecture of Oise ordered Monday, January 18 the closure of a school in Plessis-Belleville after the detection of 27 cases of Covid-19 since the beginning of last week, we learned from the rectorate of the academy of Amiens.
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The prefectural decree provides for the closure of the Louisette Wattiez school from January 18 to 26 and specifies that “
the conditions for reopening the school will be subject to an evaluation by the Hauts-de- Regional Health Agency. France
”.
In the school of this town located at the gates of the Paris region, 22 students and five adults tested positive for Covid-19 between the start of last week and the weekend, fueling concerns among the parents of the students .
At the large facility, which accommodates more than 270 students, one class was first closed earlier in the week, then a second later in the week, and two other classes did not reopen on Monday, the report said. rectorate.
The town hall had for its part closed on Wednesday all municipal school services (extracurricular, canteen).
She then specified that "
the mayor does not have the power to close schools, nor the director, only the inspection is able to do so.
According to the newspaper
Le Parisien
, if the school was still open Monday morning, it was already deserted, with only about twenty students present.
“
The Department of Departmental Services for National Education in Oise sent a mobile health team this morning so that antigen tests, carried out by doctors from the National Education Department, be offered to National Education staff and communities,
”said the rectorate, stressing that the town hall had asked the ARS that a larger screening be carried out in the town.
