A laboratory assistant carrying out analyzes on Coronavirus screening tests. - Adrien Max / 20 Minutes

Two families infected with coronavirus in Marseille. The prefecture of Bouches-du-Rhône announces that six new people tested positive for coronavirus this Wednesday after a first person Tuesday. This makes a total of seven people infected in Marseille.

A closed CM1 class, children in quarantine

According to the prefecture, these are two families. "The first composed of two parents and two children, one of whom is educated in CM1 at the Bensa school, and the second of two parents and a child", details the prefecture. Without it being known which family this woman doctor tested positive on Tuesday after having made a ski trip to Montgenèvre.

The prefecture indicates that a new investigation will be carried out by Public Health France of ARS Paca to identify the people who would have been in contact with these new cases. Pierre Dartout, the prefect of Bouches-du-Rhône decided at the request of the ARS to close the class of CM1 of the child tested positive, the pupils concerned must remain confined at home under the supervision of at least one parent.

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