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First-year university students in France are to be allowed to start studying again on-site, in small groups, in a bid to address a growing human crisis, but student unions say it may be too little to…
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Top French scientist says spread of UK variant does not justify school closures
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13/01/2021 - 17:14 A placard for free Covid-19 PCR tests is posted at a primary school in the Paris suburb of Bagneux, 8 January 2021. REUTERS - GONZALO FUENTES 5 min As French officials prepared to meet in the office of President Emmanuel Macron to decide on the latest response to the Covid-19 epidemic, a scientific adviser has said the spread of a more contagious variant of the new coronavirus does not mean schools should be closed, despite closures in neighbouring countries. Advertising Read more
Evidence of the spread of the more contagious variant of the virus causing Covid-19, detected in the UK last month, and an overall trend of increasing infections did not appear to be leading the French government to consider imposing a third nationwide lockdown.