France has sent primary and nursery pupils back to school, the first phase of reopening after a three-week Covid-19 lockdown, even as daily new infections remain stubbornly high, Reuters reported.
In the upmarket Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine, pupils wore face masks and rubbed disinfectant gel on their hands as they filed through the front door of the Achille Peretti primary school. A poster reminded the youngsters to stay a metre apart.
"They're young, they need an adult to help them, but most parents have a job and it's burdensome to ask them to do the school work," said teacher Elodie Passon.
