If re-containment seems inevitable to cope with the variants of Covid-19, it remains to be seen what form to give it.
The President of the Scientific Council, Jean-François Delfraissy, submits in particular the idea of a one week extension of the February school holidays,
“perhaps by grouping together”
the zones.
The idea caught on in the minds of the executive.
On France Inter Thursday January 28, Gabriel Attal stressed that it was
"obviously possible to think about extending the holidays on one side or the other"
.
"All the scenarios are on the table, nothing is excluded,"
said the government spokesperson.
"The contaminations came from the family environment"
The Minister of National Education - who would be on the front line in the face of such a measure - was however skeptical a few minutes earlier.
Invited on France 2, Jean-Michel Blanquer stressed that it was still necessary
"to demonstrate that school holidays are less contaminating than the school period"
.
“It is not a given.
I see that when you return from the All Saints' Day holidays, like the Christmas holidays, you have an epidemic curve that rises in the ten days that follow, ”
he wanted to emphasize.
"The contaminations came from the family environment, in social life, much more than inside the school"
, supported the Minister of National Education.
