Thedailynewsngr
  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Politics
  • Sports
    • Sports Betting
  • Videos
  • Sections
    • Special Reports
    • Travels
    • Religion
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Politics
  • Sports
    • Sports Betting
  • Videos
  • Sections
    • Special Reports
    • Travels
    • Religion
No Result
View All Result
Thedailynewsngr
No Result
View All Result

France Closes 22 Schools Over Rise In COVID-19 Cases

September 4, 2020
in News
Kindly share this post

COVID-19
COVID-19

France’s education minister on Friday said 22 schools have had to shut on French territory due to the coronavirus since pupils returned to school this week, emphasising that over half of these were in the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion.

Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer told Europe 1 radio that he was however pleased with how the return to school had progressed since children went back nationwide on Tuesday.

Ten schools have closed in mainland France and 12 on La Reunion, where there has been a recent surge in coronavirus cases, he said. France has some 60,000 schools nationwide.

Up to 130 classes have also been halted within schools and the minister said the authorities were checking around 250 incidents related to Covid-19 in schools every day.

READ ALSO: France promises €7.6 billion to boost hospital staff pay

These incidents are mainly linked to “factors outside school concerning people who could have been contaminated” over the summer, he said. More than three COVID cases mean that the school is temporarily shut, he said.

But he added the first week had gone “relatively well” and “despite the fears, everyone went back and that makes me very happy”, he said.

France is currently seeing a surge in coronavirus cases — with 7,157 new cases reported on Thursday — although authorities have said everything will be done to avoid any new nationwide lockdown.

The surge has worried France’s far-flung overseas territories in the Indian Ocean, Pacific and South America, where health systems are often not as sturdy as those on the mainland.

AFP

thedailynewsngr


Kindly share this post
Tags: Covid-19France

Related Posts

United States senate

Capitol violence: United States senate fixes next week for Trump’s impeachment trial

January 22, 2021
US: Protesters vandalize Democratic Party headquarters, others

US: Protesters vandalize Democratic Party headquarters, others

January 22, 2021

Troops kill 5 Boko Haram terrorists

January 22, 2021

Bobrisky finally breaks silence on fight with bestie, Tonto Dikeh

January 22, 2021

Remove Fulani Herdsmen from forests and face total war — Fulani group warns Oyo, Ondo govts

January 22, 2021

21-yr-old undergraduate arrested for internet fraud in Osun

January 22, 2021

Latest News

  • Capitol violence: United States senate fixes next week for Trump’s impeachment trial
  • Pigeons released by Buhari not flying a natural phenomenon – Femi Adesina
  • Lampard reacts to Chelsea’s shortlist of managers to replace him
  • US: Protesters vandalize Democratic Party headquarters, others
  • BREAKING: Four suspected kidnappers arrested in Ekiti
  • Troops kill 5 Boko Haram terrorists

© 2020 thedailynewsngr

Navigate Site

  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Privacy Policy
  • sitemap
  • Advert Rates
  • Terms

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Politics
  • Sports
    • Sports Betting
  • Videos
  • Sections
    • Special Reports
    • Travels
    • Religion

© 2020 thedailynewsngr

Do NOT follow this link or you will be banned from the site!