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Thousands of schools reopen as France eases COVID-19 lockdown

Parents were given the choice to allow their kids to return to school or remain at home

Published: May 13, 2020 09:18 AFP and Christian Borbon, Digital Content Editor

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Copy of 941398-01-08-1589346864682 — Thousands of schools reopened throughout France as the government eases its coronavirus lockdown rules despite some fears of a second waves of infections. | A teacher wearing a protective mask teaches children in her classroom at Champ l'Eveque public school in Bruz, France. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-05-12T100051Z_835695584_RC2YMG941C1C_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-FRANCE-SCHOOL-1589346899350 — According to official figures there were 348 new COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, bringing the national total to 26,991. | French children head back to their schools with new rules and social distancing during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 2020-05-12T072826Z_1704854685_RC2VMG9FY2Y1_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-FRANCE-SCHOOL-1589346902453 — Primary and nursery schools reopened however, with teachers wearing face masks and the children's chairs separated to avoid spreading the disease. | Teachers wearing protective face masks spray hydroalcoholic solution to schoolchildren's hands as they enter their school during its reopening in Saint-Sebastien-sur-Loire near Nantes. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 2020-05-12T094751Z_1883512393_RC2XMG9AIVTA_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-FRANCE-SCHOOL-1589346893258 — For Gregory Bouvier, headmaster of a nursery school in Rennes, northwest France, it was all a bit "surreal". "It's not part of a nursery school's DNA to have the children spaced apart from each other remaining at their desks and not able to share things," he told AFP. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 2020-05-12T095951Z_994484759_RC2XMG9PM36V_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-FRANCE-SCHOOL-1589346896413 — Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer hailed the reopening, which will be rolled out gradually throughout the country, including Paris schools on Thursday, before some secondary schools resume lessons next week. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 941147-01-08-1589346887079 — To ease the fears of parents concerned that the virus remains just a sneeze away, the government has given them the choice to allow their children to return to school or remain under lockdown at home. | A teacher wearing a protective face mask speaks with pupils after they have returned to their classroom at the Trinite public school in the Groix island. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 941496-01-08-1589346867106 — Unions have criticised the decision to reopen the schools calling it "premature". Some scientists and parliamentary deputies have also questioned the decision. | Teachers wearing protective masks watch pupils in the school yard after children returned to Placieux' elementary school in Villers-les-Nancy. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-05-12T092826Z_1499772196_RC2XMG9QDXHH_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-FRANCE-SCHOOL-1589346890066 — France began easing its two-month lockdown on Monday, with residents able venture outdoors without filling in a permit for the first time in nearly eight weeks and some shops reopening their doors. A teacher wearing a protective face mask teaches to schoolchildren in a classroom at a private school during its reopening in Saint-Sebastien-sur-Loire. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 2020-05-12T085415Z_1095139554_RC2WMG9CARNV_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-FRANCE-SCHOOL-1589346879016 — But officials are keeping an anxious eye on events in Germany and South Korea which have reimposed some restrictions as virus cases rose after they eased lockdown measures. | Schoolchildren listen to their teacher at the primary school Simone Veil during its reopening in Nice. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 941082-01-08-1589346884412 — Pupils raise their hands as they speak with a teacher wearing a protective facemask after they have returned to their classroom at the Trinite public school in the Groix island Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 941038-01-08-1589346881872 — A teacher addresses her pupils at the Jean-Jaures primary school of Cenon, France. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 941555-01-08-1589346869324 — Teachers wearing protective masks speak to pupils after children returned to Placieux' elementary school in Villers-les-Nancy. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-05-12T084732Z_1627479960_RC2WMG995NXU_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-FRANCE-SCHOOL-1589346906567 — Schoolchildren listen to their teacher at the primary school Simone Veil during its reopening in Nice. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 941616-01-08-1589346872472 — A teacher gives class at the private school Institut Sainte Genevieve in Paris. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 941027-01-08-1589346875313 — A teacher sprays alcoholic gel on the hands of a boy arriving at the Jean-Jaures primary school of Cenon. Image Credit: AFP

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