Education Minister Jean-Blanquer told Europe-1 radio that overall, French schools have reported about 250 suspected virus cases per day since they started reopening Tuesday. Not all those cases turn out to be positive, but once a suspicion is reported, schools must follow an extensive government protocol that can include sending a whole class home for online learning or shutting the whole school. France recorded more than 7,000 new virus cases Thursday, the highest daily rate in Europe and up from several hundred a day in May and June, in part thanks to ramped-up testing. The Health Ministry says the day-to-day increase reached 680 new confirmed cases on Thursday, a new record. Health authorities are expected to discuss a response to the spike later on Friday.

Source: Daily Sun September 04, 2020 17:48 UTC