The number of classes closed due to the Covid-19 epidemic stood at 14,380 on Friday January 14 against 9,202 last week, the highest level since spring 2020, announced the Ministry of National Education.
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Some 331,775 cases of Covid have been confirmed among students cumulatively over the past seven days, the ministry added in a press release, while contaminations have multiplied in schools with the Omicron wave.