In primary school, classes no longer close as soon as 3 positive cases for Covid-19 appear, since only students who have a test and a negative self-test every two days are admitted to school. Parents will also have to complete a sworn statement certifying that their child is negative before returning to school.
[Mise à jour du 3 janvier à 9h29]. For the start of the school year on January 3, 2022, the school health protocol is changing, as are the isolation rules when a positive case is detected in the classroom. From now on, the duration of isolation depends on the pupils’ vaccination schedule, and contact cases negative may return to class after performing a negative PCR or antigen test. They will then have to perform self-tests on D2 and D4. The Ministry of National Education specifies “thatin kindergartens and elementary schools, and as soon as only pupils who can justify a negative test or self-test every two days are admitted, there is no longer any need to automatically close the class if three positive cases are identified “. However, depending on the situation, especially when a large number of positive cases are detected, the reception of pupils of the whole class or of a school establishment may be suspended. The decision will be taken between the different actors taking part in the management of the situation (national education, ARS, prefecture). The implementation of a targeted screening operation may also be decided.
In order to be able to return to school, parents must certify in writing that the tests have been taken and that they are negative. “These tests, several days apart, make sure that a student who tested negative on the first day does not become positive later. The objective is to keep the school open in as secure sanitary conditions as possible, even though the last two weeks have been marked by a very strong acceleration in the circulation of Omicron.“, explained this January 2 Jean-Michel Blanquer in The Parisian.