These measures were discussed during a meeting of the health defense council in full increase of infections in recent weeks, prior to a press conference by the French prime minister, Jean Castex, and the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, scheduled for this afternoon.
Although the incidence in children between 6 and 10 years of age increased in recent weeks, above 600 cases per 100,000, the government ruled out bringing the holidays forward by one week, as approved by the neighbor Belgium, but the protocol in primary schools was intensified.
The students must now wear the mask obligatorily also in the open-air spaces of the centers and the capacity of students in the dining rooms and the type of physical activities inside is also limited, according to the government source.
Regarding extending the vaccination of minors to the range of 5 to 11 years, as recently authorized by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the vaccine Pfizer, the French executive prefers to wait first for the opinions of the National Council of Ethics and the High Health Authority.
A few weeks before the end of the year festivities, the government seeks to promote vaccination – 10 million French have already received the booster dose – and respect for distancing measures, even with a reinforcement of the possibility of resorting to teleworking.
In addition to the number of new cases, which on Sunday was 42,252, in France there is concern in the number of hospitalized patients that exceeded 11,000 this Monday, a limit never seen since the end of August.
Although almost all infections are still due to Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2Another concern is the spread of Omicron. According to the latest official balance, this Monday, France confirmed 25 cases in total of the latter.
Source From: Ambito
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