Bedbugs: five schools closed due to contamination

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The scourge of bedbugs also hits schools. According to the Ministry of National Education, five establishments are contaminated, and as many are officially closed. An interministerial meeting takes place on Friday October 6 to propose solutions.

Classrooms prohibited from access, and certain quarantines. Teachers and students refused to enter their Ile-de-France high school because bedbugs were detected there on Thursday October 5. Ofs teachers say they are ready to sacrifice a day’s salary, and students to have unjustified absences. Cases are increasing in Brittany, Doubs and even Alsace.

Each case is managed at the local level

The Ministry of National Education has five contaminated establishments, and as many officially closed. This is the case of a college in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône)emptied for four days. A reassuring measure for parents. But this closure is not systematic, because each case is managed at the local level. There should be national support, according to some, including Grégoire Enselpresident of the Federation of Parents’ Councils (FCPE). An interministerial meeting is taking place on Friday to propose solutions to the scourge of bedbugs.


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