Covid / France: students facing the deteriorating health situation in the faculties
The University of Tolbiac, in Paris, in March 2020 (photo illustration).
STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP
Text by: Laurence Théault
4 min
The situation is deteriorating in universities.
After a six-month closure, the 74 French universities have gradually reopened for the start of the September academic year.
According to a report published by Public Health France, a third of the clusters concern schools and universities.
Crowded amphitheatres, the wearing of random masks whether for teachers and students, physical distancing not respected ... A petition has been launched to alert on the situation.
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Is it conceivable that the students are crammed into lecture halls of more than 600 people, without windows?"
»Denounce the students who signed this petition.
Faced with this situation, Frédérique Vidal, Minister in charge of Higher Education, affirms that we do not have proof that the contaminations take place within the establishments.
Some students from the University of Nanterre explain what they feel.
Back leaning on the wall, Julien draws on his electronic cigarette, he is a sociology student, he answers the Minister of Higher Education who says that the sources of student contamination are not found in universities ...
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