As if plans to separate vaccinated and unvaccinated citizens in France didn’t already go far enough, Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer has announced that children as young as 12 who have not been vaccinated will be booted out of school if a classmate tests positive for Covid while those who have been ‘jabbed’ will be allowed to stay. Connexion has the story.
Vaccinated students will continue to go to school in person if a Covid case is discovered in their class while unvaccinated students will have to study from home for seven days, Blanquer said [on Wednesday].
The minister was discussing new health rules to be put in place in schools from September.
This rule will apply to students aged 12 and over, who are currently eligible for Covid vaccines.
Primary schools will follow the same rules as in the last school year, meaning if a Covid case is detected in a class all students in the class will then study from home for seven days.
However, Mr Blanquer added that he was “fairly sure that there would be less disruption in the coming school year”.
In order to boost vaccination rates among secondary school students 6,000-7,000 vaccination centres will be opened from September “in or next to” schools, the Education Minister added.
Four health scenarios (“Green”, “Yellow”, “Orange” and “Red”) have also been planned for the coming academic year, depending on the health situation.
“In the lightest [Green] scenario there will be no masks in primary schools – but I fear that this will not be the case in September,” Mr Blanquer said.
The Education Ministry website says that, at the Green level, masks would still be required indoors for secondary school pupils in colleges and lycées.
At the Yellow level, primary school children would also have to wear masks indoors, and at the Orange and Red levels students of all ages would have to wear masks indoors and outdoors. …
The Health Ministry rejected the idea of using health passes to allow entry into schools for staff and students who are eligible for vaccines.
It also rejected the idea of making vaccination mandatory for teachers [*]for the moment[*].
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