The Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer announced, Friday, February 11, the reduction of the health protocol at school. The protocol will thus go from level 3 to level 2 when the winter holidays return, that is to say from February 21 for zone B, from February 28 for zone A and from March 7 for zone C. . It means that :
- wearing a mask will no longer be compulsory outdoors for elementary school students and staff;
- mixing will no longer be limited by class but by level or group of classes, especially during restoration times;
- physical activity can be practiced indoors and without a mask, with the exception of contact sports.
On the other hand, the mask will remain compulsory for students aged 3 and over as well as for staff in interior spaces.
In addition, the number of self-tests requested for contact case students will be reduced from three to one from February 28. Thus, students will no longer have to do only one test – self-test or antigenic after two days (D + 2) instead of three currently (at D 0, D + 2 and D + 4). The declarations on honor that families submit after the first self-test will be deleted from February 21.
As for the second degree, the level 2 protocol will continue to apply.
A health situation “very markedly improving”
“The health situation in the general population and in the school population is in very marked improvement, even better than what we expected”, said Mr. Blanquer, after a meeting with union representatives. And to add:
“If I look at the figures for January 25, which represent a peak for the school situation, we had 167,000 cases per day. Yesterday [jeudi], we were at 12,500 cases. So it’s obviously a clear improvement, which makes it possible to envisage the reductions that we have already been talking about for several days. »