Just one week after a third of French schoolchildren went back to school in an easing ofthe coronavirus lockdown, there's been a worrying flareup of about 70 COVID-19 cases linked to schools.
FILE - In this May 14, 2020 file photo, a child walks in her classroom as others wait outside at the Vaucanson school, in Paris. PARIS -- Just one week after a third of French schoolchildren went back to school in an easing of the coronavirus lockdown, there has been a worrying flareup of about 70 COVID-19 cases linked to schools, the government said Monday.
The situation highlights the precarious situation the French government finds itself in as it seeks both to reassure the public that the country is moving forward past coronavirus and to react prudently to safeguard public health.Given that the incubation period for the virus is several days, people are "likely" to have been infected before the reopening of the schools, he said.
This week France is reopening junior high schools in regions less affected by the virus, which do not include Paris.
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