Virus risk looming at overcrowded French universities

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At least a dozen COVID-19 clusters have emerged since French university campuses and classrooms opened this month.

Students physical distance at desks at UCL in London, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. PARIS -- Can mandatory masks offer enough protection in lecture halls so packed that late arrivals have to sit on the floor?

The French government was determined to get people back to classrooms to bridge education inequities that the pandemic has exacerbated. The government also urged workers to return to offices and job sites to resuscitate the economy and to "learn to live with the virus." "We are doing our best to respect social distancing, but sometimes we can't," Corentin Renoult, a 20-year-old Sorbonne journalism student, said."It's quite hard at the moment because we haven't got any extra means," Franziska Heimburger, assistant director of the university's English department, said. ".We don't have any more teachers, we don't have any more space, so we basically have to teach as best we can.

The safety precautions differ broadly among schools. Some have strict public health measures in place, with small class size limits and a mix of in-person and online classes.

 

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