Self-tests: no, the health protocol has not already been abandoned

Only three days after its implementation, is the health protocol about to be reviewed at school? According to the SNUipp-FSU teachers’ union, self-tests are no longer required on D + 2 and D + 4 for primary school students, belonging to the same class as a child who tested positive for Covid. “From now on, when the family takes the first test, they will receive two free self-tests at the pharmacy, so that the students can test themselves again at home on D + 2 and D + 4. Parents must certify in writing that the tests have been completed. well done and that they are negative “, had indicated Jean-Michel Blanquer to Parisian by presenting the new protocol the day before the start of the school year.

“Out of stock of self-tests, the minister authorizes that the tests on D + 2 and D + 4 are not carried out, therefore @educationgouv sits on the protocol he is implementing”, Guislaine David, spokesperson for SNUipp-FSU, was indignant in a tweet published this Wednesday, January 5. In particular, she shares the screenshot of a letter sent to the inspectors attesting to this decision. “Students must be welcomed and classes must remain open”, he concludes.

But it would be a simple quack here. The Ministry of National Education, which we contacted, confirms the authenticity of this message relayed by the union, but rejects any abandonment of the rules put in place Monday, January 3 and pleads the individual error made by an inspector of the Académie de Lyon, which would have acted on its own “initiative, without any instruction”.

“The protocol has not been lightened, the self-tests on D + 2 and D + 4 are well maintained. In the event of a shortage of stocks, the parents must do an antigen test in the pharmacy”, we are confirmed. New stocks of self-tests must also be delivered this Wednesday, January 5 in pharmacies. In total, “Eight million self-tests will be distributed next week in pharmacies and that’s not counting Chinese brands”, also announced the government spokesperson on Wednesday, after the Council of Ministers.

Shortly after, the spokesperson for SNUipp-FSU explained on Twitter that she had taken note of the latest information, blaming this error on the lack of clarity surrounding the instructions issued by the ministry: “Ultimately it would be the department that would have misinterpreted. At the same time on the ground, it’s orders, controdres, disorders!”

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