COVID-19: Children of caregivers will be welcomed at school in case of class closure

The list of other health professions – pharmacists, biologists, paramedics … – which will also be able to benefit will also be communicated in the day.

Le Monde with AFP

Children of caregivers will be welcomed at school in the event of closing their class due to SAR-COV-2 contaminations, announced Tuesday (January 4th), the government spokesman Gabriel Attal. This welcome, already put in place during the first wave, aims to “make sure that caregivers can continue to work,” he has specified on France Inter . This device concerns the entire territory, added Gabriel Attal. France Inter had announced Earlier Tuesday The implementation of this measure for the AP-HP in Ile-de-France.

The list of other health professions – pharmacists, biologists, paramedics … – who will also benefit from this reception device will be communicated “during the day”, Gabriel Attal said.

to New review on FFP2

Professors will not benefit, in the short term, more protective masks that surgical masks, has also confirmed the spokesperson of the Government: “Today, the doctrine of the High Council of Public Health ( HCSP) estimates that the surgical mask provides sufficient protection into general population. “But this doctrine could evolve. The HCSP must, in fact, “submit a notice from here at the end of the week”, including “on the issue of FFP2”, said Gabriel Attal.

Several European countries have recently decided to make the port of the FFP2 mask mandatory. In Italy, since December 25, this type of mask is required in all public transport, cinemas, museums, theaters and stages. In Greece, all public places will impose it on January 3, as is already the case in Austria. In Germany, some Länder, like Bavaria or Lower Saxony, have made it mandatory in transport or businesses.

Climate of uncertainty

The start of the school year was on Monday in a climate of uncertainty, between the Omicron Variant, which makes a month of January disturbed by cascading contaminations and class closures, as well as by the unveiling, the day before , a new health protocol.

In concrete terms, level 3 (out of 4) is maintained in elementary schools, just like level 2 in colleges and high schools, to reduce brewing between classes and levels.

On the other hand, there is no more class closure as soon as there are three cases of Covid, but only “according to the situation” and “in the presence, for example, of a very large number cases “, according to the department. Second Evolution: The Minister of National Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, has decided to submit students to three tests in four days if there is a case of CVIV-19 in the classroom.

/Media reports.