Closed classes, positive cases, saliva tests ... What results since returning to school?

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Two weeks ago, elementary and kindergarten students were heading back to school.

Last Monday, it was those from colleges and high schools who made their return face-to-face, in half-gauge for high school students and sometimes for college students in certain departments particularly affected by the Covid-19 epidemic.

This return to school was especially marked by a new health protocol with the closure of a class from the first case of contamination and the deployment of saliva tests.

With what effects?

Closed classes, positive cases, saliva tests ... Europe 1 takes stock.

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Less than 10,000 positive students against 28,000 at the start of April

In total, class closures stand at 5,000.

A rather low proportion, which represents 0.98% of the total number of classes in France, while the rule of "one case / one class closure" could have raised fears of many more closures.

There are also 9,536 cases of sick students and 768 positive cases on the side of educational staff.

Again, the result is pretty good.

At the beginning of April, before the three weeks of closure, 28,000 students had been infected against 2,700 members of the staff of National Education.

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The effect of the "third confinement" therefore seems perceptible, as does the decrease in circulation of the virus. But are all cases detected? The government planned to deploy an arsenal of 400,000 saliva tests this week, mainly in primary and then in college. In reality, only 320,000 have been proposed and only 200,000 completed. This can be explained in part by a drop in the parent membership rate. This was around 70% before the holidays and is currently around 65%. As for the self-tests, expected this week for secondary school teachers, only half of the delivery has arrived.