In Saône-et-Loire and from the first day of school this Monday, schools continue to be turned upside down by the Covid. The Omicron variant is now well established in France and the government has reacted accordingly. Still in an effort to push back the closure of classes as much as possible, the Ministry of National Education has unveiled a new protocol. From now on, for each positive case in a class, all students will have to be tested as soon as the case is announced, then on D + 2 and D + 4 thanks to self-tests distributed in pharmacies. These measures allow, in particular, to reduce the phases of isolation which could go up to 17 days: “It is certain that these are additional efforts, concedes Fabien Ben, the academic director of the services of the National Education of Saône -and-Loire. But if the students come back after 3 or 4 days instead …
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