The Order of Physicians clarified Friday that doctors "do not have to establish a medical certificate for the return to school" of children who have symptoms reminiscent of the coronavirus.

They also deplore "pressure" from certain schools. 

Doctors "do not have to establish a medical certificate for the return to school" of children who had symptoms suggestive of Covid-19, the Order of Physicians stressed on Friday, deploring "pressure" from certain establishments .

"The Ministry of National Education does not ask parents to present a medical certificate of no contraindication and such a request from the establishments is not based on any legislative or regulatory obligation", writes the National Council of the Order (CNOM) in a press release.

He "asks the minister to remind the rectorates, establishments and teachers".

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Doctors denounce pressure

The CNOM made this update because "since the start of the school year, doctors have alerted their Order to the pressures they are under to write 'medical certificates of no contraindication to returning to school' for children with symptoms evocative "of Covid-19.

"The health protocol for schools and educational establishments adopted by the Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports provides that the return to school of the child is possible in the event of a negative test or compliance with deadlines prescribed by the health authorities' ", continues the Council of the Order.

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"The 'what to do if a student is likely to have Covid-19?'

available on the website of the Ministry of National Education specifies that the return to school of the child (...) can be done 'after medical advice or failing this after 14 days', a period which could soon be reduced " , he adds.

However, "the medical opinion does not consist in drawing up a certificate but in formulating conclusions given orally to the parents at the end of a consultation when they have requested the doctor because of the state of health of their child", concludes the CNOM.