Sibeth Ndiaye has been the government's spokesperson since spring 2019. - Christophe Ena / AP / SIPA

Government spokeswoman Sibeth Ndiaye said on Friday that "some town halls have overinterpreted the health protocol" and thus hamper the return to school of students in phase II of deconfinement. "You have places where you have classes with five students, with ten students, when we know that we can go until the fortnight," said the secretary of state at the microphone of Sud Radio.

"What we want is that the town halls which have not yet opened their schools can do so as quickly as possible," added Sibeth Ndiaye. "We hope that the maximum number of teachers can be present" in class, she said, adding that "obviously, their health security must also be guaranteed". The Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer said Thursday hoping that the health protocol that governs the reception of students in schools can be relaxed "soon".

"The temporality of the virus is not that of politics"

Sibeth Ndiaye was also "surprised" by the request of Anne Hidalgo, the PS mayor of Paris, to "go green" in the capital. "It is not me and it is not Ms. Hidalgo who will decide on the changeover of the Île-de-France region from orange to green, these are the health indicators and only them," she said. stressing that even if "we are impatient when we do politics", "the temporality of the virus is not that of politics".

"We will repeat the point before the deadline of June 22" for a possible relaxation of the deconfinement, she said. Asked about a prolongation of the state of health emergency beyond July 10, she replied that we "must necessarily consider it but we will only decide it given the projections, the models that we will have on the health situation "

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  • Deconfinement
  • Health
  • Coronavirus
  • National Education
  • public school
  • Sibeth Ndiaye