For several days, rumors concerning a third confinement have been actively circulating in France. This morning, Gabriel Attal was the guest of the morning of France Inter. The government spokesperson expressed his willingness to do everything to keep schools open, even in the event of confinement: "We always have as a compass, as much as possible, to allow our children to go to school: he It is possible to think about lengthening the holidays on one side or the other. Our goal remains that the children can continue to learn, "he said.
.@GabrielAttal : "We always have as a compass, as much as possible, to allow our children to go to school: it is possible to think about extending the holidays on one side or the other. Our objective remains that the children can continue to learn " # le79Inter pic.twitter.com/7LyEcvSlsd
– France Inter (@franceinter) January 28, 2021
In an interview with BFMTV on January 24, Professor Jean-François Delfraissy, President of the Scientific Council, alerted to the variants of the coronavirus. "Mutants and variants have been a game-changer for three weeks. They appear in multiple ways, have higher transmission factors, and accelerate transmission ", he said before adding "it will probably be necessary to go towards a new containment " to fight against these new forms of the virus, before procrastinating.
Covid-19: the Scientific Council advises to combine the February holidays
A question is therefore on everyone's lips: in the event of a re-containment, will the schools remain open? "The Scientific Council has so far rather pushed to keep schools open ", underlined Jean-François Delfraissy.
During its passage on BFMTV, the president of the Scientific Council raised the possibility of adapting the February school holidays. "This is not to question the opening of schools, it is to admit that we can have school holidays of a week longer, perhaps by grouping them together ", he said. For Jean-François Delfraissy, extending or regrouping the school holidays could allow "to meet at the beginning of March to reopen the schools and above all to monitor them ".
February holidays: what is the government's position?
Guest on RTL on January 22, the Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer was questioned about an extension or a postponement of the February holidays. He had indicated that the winter holidays "are intended to be maintained"on the scheduled dates and"will last two weeks for each area". According to ministry data, 64 schools were closed due to the Covid, or 371 classes. However, Jean-Michel Blanquer had indicated that the contamination remained limited in schools."The positivity rate in schools is 0.3% on thousands of tests we do on adults and students ", explained the minister.
During the 8 p.m. newspaper of TF1 on January 21, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran had not ruled out the possibility of a new confinement if the health situation were to deteriorate. Adopting a similar line, Jean-Michel Blanquer had specified that on the issue of school holidays, the decision "may still evolve depending on the situation ". "My goal on this point like others is to keep the calendars as much as possible so as not to disturb families.", he added.
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