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France: Tens of thousands of street teachers against the government’s Covid-19 strategy in schools

Ten thousand French teachers, outraged by the government’s crackdown on her Covid-19, left their posts on Thursday (13/01) and took to the streets to demand better protection for students and staff against infection.

“Stop the indifference” and “We are tired of the tests” were some of the slogans written on the teachers’ banners in a march that took place throughout the year. France, asking the government to provide them FFP2 protection masks and stop changing the rules so often.

Teachers, parents and school principals are trying to cope with the changes in the regulations regarding the Covid in schools. The new rules for the tests, announced before the end of the holidays Christmas, but since then have been modified twice, intensifying the rage.

“We have reached such a level of indignation, fatigue and anger that we had no choice but to stage a strike to send a strong message to the government,” she said. Elizabeth Allen-Moreno, leader of the trade union.

Many protesters shouted in favor of his resignation Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanche. A government source says he is unlikely to lose his job in such a short time before his presidential election. April.

Later today, the Prime Minister of France Jean Castex will meet with representatives of teachers, according to his office, in a sign that the government wants to try and calm their anger.

The government has so far insisted on its policy of keeping classes open and asking all students who come in contact with a person who has been infected by Covid to be tested three times.

“I know this is tough, but a strike does not solve the problem. “No one is going on strike against a virus,” he said Blanche on BFM TV earlier this week.

According to the teachers’ unions, 75% of primary school teachers and 62% of high school teachers went on strike at the time. Ministry of Education states that less than half of those reported by the unions went on strike.

More than 300,000 new infections, for another 24 hours

THE France now announced 305,322 new coronavirus cases on Thursday (13/01). Although it was significantly less than the 370,000 announced on Tuesday, the average daily infections for the last seven days continued their upward trend, reaching 294,000, according to official data from the French Ministry of Health.

The Minister of Health also has a coronavirus

Earlier, o French Minister of Health, Olivier Veran, announced that he was diagnosed positive in Covid-19 and that he is in self-isolation.

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