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Classes and schools closed, students in fourteen … One week after the start of the school year, the number of establishments affected by the Covid-19 epidemic continues to increase in Lyon and its region.
Invited to speak on BFM Lyon this Monday morning, the new mayor Grégory Doucet confirmed that five schools, for nine classes, were affected by coronavirus contaminations in Lyon. A little later in the day, his assistant to education Stéphanie Léger carried this assessment to six primary schools, for ten classes. Their students and affected staff were placed in fourteen. Several other schools are still under investigation by the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional Health Agency.
Covid-19: the first schools affected from the start of the school year
A few days after the alert message launched by a Lyon pediatrician, these announcements will not alleviate the concerns of parents of students. In one week, the cases have indeed quickly multiplied, with the key to many class closures under the precautionary principle.
The day after the start of the school year, we learned of the closure of the Fromente-Saint-François primary school, located in Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d’Or. More than 300 students, teachers and staff were sent home following a positive screening of a teacher.
The day before, a positive case had already led to the closure of an elementary class at the Marius-Berliet school, in Saint-Priest. A case was also reported on the side of the Ernest-Renan school, in Villeurbanne. Where the Nelly-Roussel nursery suffered the same fate. A private nursery in the 7th arrondissement of Lyon, Babilou Lyon Vercors, also sanctuaries part of its premises.
Thursday, it was the turn of the Jean-Jaurès school group, in Décines-Charpieu, to be affected. The class of a kindergarten student who tested positive was immediately closed. The next day, Beauregard school closed a CM2 class there after the detection of another positive case.
Covid-19: new schools closed in Mions and Villefranche-sur-Saône
Thursday, three classes were also sent home to the René-Cassin school group in Meyzieu. Where another school, Jules-Ferry, was also forced to place students in a kindergarten class in fourteen.
This weekend, two students from two CM1 classes at the Pasteur school in Mions were diagnosed positive. And in Villefranche-sur-Saône, where three classes from three different schools did not welcome schoolchildren this Monday morning. These were the Françoise-Dolto, Armand-Chouffet and Claudel-Dumontet schools, with three separate cases.
While the figures for contaminations and hospitalizations remain on the rise, the number of schools concerned is likely to continue to increase in the coming days.
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According to the protocol established by the government, it is up to the prefecture to decide the closure of a class and / or an establishment. This decision is taken in consultation with the head of the school, who gives the alert and sends students and teachers home, andRegional Health Agency. The ARS is in fact responsible for drawing up a list of people who have been in contact with the infected subject. Students and staff can only return to school after 14 days.
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