The Moselle records a worrying number of coronavirus cases linked to the Brazilian and South African variants, but Olivier Véran, the Minister of Health, has not announced an early closure of schools.

However, measures could be announced soon.

A vague situation that provokes the anger of Christelle Caron, local manager of the FCPE. 

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The Moselle worries.

This department in eastern France is facing an outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic.

For several days, the South African and Brazilian variants have spread widely there.

Not far from 300 cases in the department are linked to it, Health Minister Olivier Véran said on Friday.

Faced with this significant increase in the epidemic, and while hospitals are welcoming more and more patients, many elected officials on Friday demanded an advancement of the school holidays, in an attempt to stop the contamination.

But Olivier Véran has not announced any confinement or closure of schools. 

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A decision could be made by Sunday

Uncertainty therefore reigns for the local educational community.

All the parents of students in the department do not know if their children will have good lessons on Monday February 15, decisions can be taken in the coming hours, it was said on the side of the executive.

"We do not dare say 'no' to elected officials and we are just told 'we will see'. We do not know if we are going to announce to us Sunday evening at 10 p.m. the closing of schools for Monday morning, which will inevitably pose problem ", deplores Christelle Caron, president of the FCPE in Moselle.

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We do not know if we will be told Sunday evening at 10 p.m. that schools will close for Monday morning.

The union representative wonders about the management of the crisis, while the number of cases in schools is increasing in the department: "We know that we have four establishments closed in the first degree, four closed in the second degree and that in the other establishments, we have 69 closed classes. How do we do it? "

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"We will adapt whatever decisions are made," reassures Arnaud Brossard, principal in a high school in downtown Metz, who also acknowledges being "awaiting decisions that could be taken."