back to school disrupted by the outbreak of new cases

Posted the 01/04/2022 12:54

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About the protocol health at school, some changes have been made for the start of the school year. The contagiousness of the virus is especially fearful of the closure of a large number of classes.

Bad surprise at the front door of a school in Poitiers (Vienne), two teachers are absent for the start of the school year. Both are positive for Covid-19, but only one is replaced. Parents must reorganize. Same scenario for the students. In the classes of a Bordeaux primary school (Gironde), there are twice as many absences than usual with a reinforced health protocol, published only on the evening of Sunday, January 2.

Starting January 3, a positive student must self-isolate between five and seven days depending on their viral load. As for the contact case students, they will continue to go to school. But they will have to get tested immediately and get tested again at J+2 then to J+4, measures that divide. “It’s something that will be very complex to set up in schools […] it’s a real gas factory “, testifies Guislaine David, spokesperson for SNUPP-FSU.