16,836 classes closed, 410,000 students infected over seven days ... If the figures continue to be impressive, "
there is a small downward trend
" in the Covid-19 epidemic at school, welcomed the minister of National Education Jean-Michel Blanquer, Friday February 4 on Sud Radio.
A slight regression but sufficient to reflect on a reduction in the measures before February 21, the day of return for students in zone B, on vacation since this weekend, as Jean Castex had announced on January 20.
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In this sense, a meeting between the trade union organizations and the Ministries of Health and Education will be held on Tuesday, February 8, to study the various possible avenues.
Before official announcements “
during the week
”.
“
Ventilation, wearing a mask and, more generally, the hypotheses for the evolution of a protocol which nevertheless concerns 12.5 million students
” will be discussed there, confides a participant in the discussions to our colleagues from
Parisian
.
End of the mask outside and return to class mixing?
"
It's too early to give definitive measurements this evening, but it will be during the coming week
", confirmed Jean-Michel Blanquer on CNews, Sunday evening February 6.
The Minister of National Education mentioned in particular "
the hope of moving to level 2 in primary school
", which implies in particular "
the end of wearing a mask outside
" but also "
the alleviation of constraints on the practice of sport
".
Indoor sport, suspended since December 9, could thus make a comeback.
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Since December 9 and the transition to level 3 of the protocol, mixing by level and by class has been limited.
But this measure could also be relaxed, to avoid the closure of classes.
In the event of a teacher's absence, students can again be divided into other classes instead of being sent home.
With “
10% of teachers absent mainly due to the Covid
”, as Jean-Michel Blanquer mentioned on CNews, the lack of teachers is a real problem.
But the minister was pleased to have "
succeeded in creating a pool of replacements of 8 to 11%
" of the total workforce.
The simplified screening policy?
The screening policy, which is particularly restrictive, could also change in the coming days.
Currently, a contact case student must carry out a self-test, present the negative result to return to class, before doing a new one on D + 2 and D + 4, while remaining in class.
"
One of the self-tests could be deleted
," says another regular at government meetings at
Le Parisien
.
A track cautiously confirmed by Jean-Michel Blanquer on CNews: “
We can imagine going from three to two.
This is one of the things that will be discussed as well [...] but for the moment, it is not a certainty
”.
