Forty-three cases of coronavirus have been recorded among students in the health sector at the University of Rennes 1. The president of the university strangles, but some students do not want to stop meeting.

The 490 concerned will be tested during the week.

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More than ten clusters were identified Tuesday in French universities.

In Rennes, 43 cases of Covid-19 have been identified.

The second and third years in medicine, pharmacy and dentistry at the University of Rennes 1 are concerned.

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"There will be sanctions"

"Our medical students should set an example! By not respecting the instructions, they have spread the virus during private parties!", Chokes David Alis, the president of the University.

"We had banned integration weekends. I was dismayed by this behavior. There will be sanctions if there are any," he warns at the microphone of Europe 1.

Private student parties

The victims are said to have contracted the virus while celebrating their success at the end of their first year in bars in Rennes.

"Obviously, there is abuse. With alcohol, distances are not necessarily respected" and "there are no masks, especially in bars at night. Everyone is crowded. The bars ask that people come home with masks ... then they immediately took it off, "testify Enzo and Yves.

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Distance tests and courses

The 490 second and third year students will be tested during the week and will have to take their courses remotely.

Some are, in spite of everything, not cooled by this heavy toll: "It will not prevent me from going out. We must continue to live! If something happens, something happens, unfortunately. I think it does. We will have to be very, very hard to prevent the students from meeting up and celebrating the start of the school year. Everyone does what he wants, "Jordan slice.

Bars soon to be closed at 11 p.m.

From Wednesday, Rennes bars will have to close their doors at 11 p.m., by decision of the prefect.

The circulation of the virus is accelerating in Ille-et-Vilaine, a department classified red since Friday.

The incidence rate is 58 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

In the Rennes metropolitan area, the rate reaches 93 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.