Just over 3,000 new cases of infection with the coronavirus have been recorded in the past 24 hours, Public Health France (SPF) announced on Monday, a figure lower than in previous days.
The test positivity rate continues to increase.
3,082 new cases have been confirmed, according to the website of the national public health agency.
The progression of cases had been stronger in recent days, peaking at more than 7,000 on Friday, and around 5,400 on Saturday and Sunday.
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The figures for Monday, which count the cases of Sunday, generally mark a brake on the figures for other days, due to the closure of laboratories for example.
The test positivity rate (number of people tested positive, divided by the number of people tested) continues to increase: it reached 4.2% over the last seven days, against 4.1% on Sunday, 4% on Saturday and 3, 6% Wednesday.
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The number of outbreaks under investigation has meanwhile increased from 16 in 24 hours, to 357, again according to SPF.
The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in intensive care, for its part, is increasing by 7 people, to 409.
In the context of a sharp increase in tests carried out by medical biology laboratories, a doctrine of "prioritization" has been put in place for patients wishing to be tested, also noted the Directorate General of Health (DGS, in its daily update on the epidemic).
"Pending results, people must isolate themselves, reduce their contact to the strict minimum" and strictly follow all barrier gestures and other health instructions, she added.
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"Hiding half of a face, for a kindergarten teacher, will make children very emotionally perplexed," she said.
To avoid such a situation, could we imagine transparent masks?
The ministry has not excluded it for kindergarten, while we could also imagine them in college for language learning.
"Complicated to understand someone whose mouth you can't see"
In addition, from the age of 11, students will have their own mask to manage, which could have an impact on their concentration.
"For children who will find themselves masked for the day, it is a huge distractor in terms of attention," says Jeanne Siaud-Fachin.
"It will disrupt their ability to pay attention, to memorize. And even on a cognitive level, it's much more complicated to understand someone whose mouth you can't see."
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However, at this stage, there are no other options.
But eventually, why not display very expressive photos of teachers and students in the classroom?
Why not invent smileys in sign language?
It will be necessary to be imaginative, concludes the psychologist.
By Anne Le Gall, edited by Antoine Terrel