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France sticks to school openings despite jump in infections

| August 20, 2020 12:27 PM

PARIS (AP) — France’s president insisted Thursday that the country will send millions of students back to school starting Sept. 1, despite the biggest weekly spike in confirmed coronavirus cases since the height of its national outbreak in March and April.

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