France softens school testing rules days after classes resume
But as of Thursday, if additional positive cases occur in the same class within seven days after the first student tests positive, the whole class will not be required to restart the four-day testing regime.
Boakyewaa Lawrencia 
France’s education ministry announced Thursday evening a loosening of testing rules for students when a classmate tests positive for Covid-19, just three days after schools reopened.
Testing rules were introduced Monday as students returned to classes after Christmas.
Education ministry rules for school students require that if one tests positive for Covid-19, their entire class is required to take three tests in four days to continue classes in person. Rules originally mandated that students were required to restart the four-day testing regime with each new positive case in the class.
But as of Thursday, if additional positive cases occur in the same class within seven days after the first student tests positive, the whole class will not be required to restart the four-day testing regime.
The amended rules apply to all students ages 12 and under, as well as students over 12 who are fully vaccinated. Unvaccinated students over 12 must observe a seven-day quarantine if a classmate tests positive.
