Covid-19: 1,180 classes closed, announces the Ministry of National Education

This Friday, October 15, the Ministry of National Education announced in its weekly report that 1,180 classes - mainly primary school - were currently closed, or 0.22% of the 527,000 French classes.

Last week, this number rose to 1,254. Six schools, five schools and a college located in the academies of Bordeaux, Toulouse, Orléans-Tours and Versailles, have had to completely close their doors.

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As every Friday, the ministry also gave information on screening in schools.

From Monday 4 to Monday 11 October, 401,032 saliva tests were offered and 205,229 performed.

If from this Friday, the tests become paying for unvaccinated adults who do not have a prescription, they will remain free in schools.

In addition, the vaccination campaign is continuing: 9123 establishments have offered a vaccination course since the start of the September school year.

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From next Monday, elementary school students in 79 departments will be exempt from wearing masks indoors, unlike those in 22 other departments in France and overseas.

Among the latter, a specific case: Lozère, which had lifted this obligation on October 4, will be obliged to again impose the wearing of masks on its students due to the local increase in the incidence rate.