Primary and kindergarten students will return to class on April 26, 2021. – SICCOLI PATRICK / SIPA
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It’s back to school for primary and nursery schools. After three weeks of closure of all schools to fight against the Covid-19 epidemic, the government has decided to maintain its schedule: return to school this Monday for schoolchildren, while middle school and high school students continue to distance themselves until May 3, date on which they will be able to return to their establishments. However, uncertainty for parents remains. The strict health protocol provides for the closure of a class from the first confirmed case of Covid-19. “It is a really very severe protocol which will inevitably lead to a significant number of class closures”, admitted Jean-Michel Blanquer, who however prefers “a small minority of closed classes than all closed schools”.
Given as the big favorite, Nomadland went to the Oscars. The film won the supreme award for best feature on Sunday while its director, Chloé Zhao, became the first non-white filmmaker to win the award for best director. Find with 20 minutes the winners of this 93rd edition during which the French Florian Zeller received the Oscar for best adapted screenplay.
In Iraq, the horror is added to a complicated health crisis. The death toll of a hospital dedicated to Covid-19 in Baghdad continues to grow. “82 people were killed and 110 injured,” according to the latest figures from the Interior Ministry on Sunday. The catastrophe is the consequence of numerous negligence. It all started in the night from Saturday to Sunday with the explosion of oxygen cylinders “stored without respecting security conditions”, according to doctors at the Ibn al-Khatib hospital. The drama is now taking a political turn with a government under pressure and the suspension of the Minister of Health.