As the coronavirus epidemic has made a comeback, many European countries have announced the introduction of new health restrictions. After partial confinement in Austria or even advanced school holidays in Belgium, the Netherlands announced Sunday, December 19 the confinement of the population for the holiday season.
In France, Jean Castex spoke about health measures on Friday evening. The Prime Minister also announced the reduction of the time between the second and the third injection to four months, the ban on firing fireworks for the New Year and the transformation of the health pass into a vaccination pass.
Currently on vacation, the children will be back in class at the beginning of January. Faced with the epidemic situation, the issue of closing schools is back on the table. “This is not the preferred hypothesis. We would only do it as a last resort,” said the Minister of National Education Jean-Michel Blanquer on the plateau of BFMTV Sunday. “School is the last thing to close “, he assured.
The concern about a postponement of the start of the school year comes as the vaccination of the most fragile children aged 5 to 11 has started. The ethics committee has positioned itself in favor of immunization of all children of this age group.
