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- A few days before the start of the school year, the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, is to hold a press conference at 10:30 am with the ministers of Health, Olivier Véran, and of Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, on the epidemic of Covid-19.
- From the start of the school year, wearing a mask will be compulsory for middle school and high school students, but also for all teachers, including kindergarten.
- The economic stimulus plan, which should have been presented this week, will be unveiled Thursday, September 3. Jean Castex has already announced that two billion euros will be devoted to culture.
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10:01 am: The economic recovery plan will be presented on September 3
The economic recovery plan, which was to be initially unveiled last Tuesday, will be presented on Thursday, September 3, Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Wednesday, who fears that the economic and social crisis "is more dangerous" than the health crisis.
"Governing means knowing how to adapt to circumstances", explained the head of government on France Inter, minimizing the postponement "of one week" of the presentation of the 100 billion euros plan to revive growth after the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus epidemic.
9:59 am: Update on the numbers
More than 5,000 new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in France in the past 24 hours, according to data provided on Wednesday by Public Health France.
In total, 5,429 new positive diagnoses were identified against 3,304 Tuesday, said the public body. This is the highest number since testing has been carried out on a large scale. The threshold of 4,000 has been crossed several times in recent days.
9:50 am: The mask will be compulsory from 11 years old, including at recess
The Minister of National Education Jean-Michel Blanquer said this Thursday that wearing a mask would be compulsory from college including recess for this new school year.
“This is what we set as a rule,” he said on France inter. An updated health protocol published Thursday on the ministry's website emphasizes that "for middle and high school students, wearing the" general public "mask is compulsory in enclosed spaces as well as in outdoor spaces. In the new health protocol, it is specified that it is "not compulsory when it is incompatible with the activity (taking meals, night in boarding school, sports practices, etc.)".
9.45am: Hello and welcome to this live
After a break from live, today we are resuming our good habits to follow Jean Castex's press conference. Alongside Ministers of Health, Olivier Véran, and National Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, the Prime Minister will speak at 10:30 am to take stock of the evolution of the epidemic in France and the measures implemented. place for the start of the school year.
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