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The Latest: French children back to school, wearing masks

Seminole County, Fla., deputies remove parent Chris Mink of Apopka from an emergency meeting of the Seminole County School Board in Sanford, Fla., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. Mink, the parent of a Bear Lake Elementary School student, opposes a call for mask mandates for Seminole schools and was escorted out for shouting during the standing-room only meeting. (Joe Burbank /Orlando Sentinel via AP) FILE - This March 29, 2021 file photo shows the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at the ASPEN Pharmaceuticals in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Vaccine doses produced at the plant in South Africa will no longer be exported to Europe after the intervention of South Africa's government, the African Union's COVID-19 vaccine envoy said Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/File) A health worker waves at a man outside Manila's COVID-19 Field Hospital, Philippines on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. The Philippines has recorded over two million COVID-19 cases as infections continue to rise in the country. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) A patient uses his mobile phone inside Manila's COVID-19 Field Hospital, Philippines on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. The Philippines has recorded over two million COVID-19 cases as infections continue to rise in the country. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Boys wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus ride their bikes outside Manila's COVID-19 Field Hospital, Philippines on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. The Philippines has recorded over two million COVID-19 cases as infections continue to rise in the country. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) A health worker prepares Pfizer vaccines during the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. Spanish authorities say more than seventy percent of citizens have been vaccinated. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) A woman receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. Spanish authorities say more than seventy percent of citizens have been vaccinated. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) People weaing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus jog past Manila's COVID-19 Field Hospital, Philippines on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. The Philippines has recorded over two million COVID-19 cases as infections continue to rise in the country. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Children attend class at a school in Strasbourg, eastern France, Thursday Sept. 2, 2021. France's virus situation has slightly improved in recent weeks, with about 17,000 confirmed cases of infection each day on average, down from more than 23,000 around mid-August. But many fear a reverse of the trend now that children are back to school. (AP Photo/Jean-François Badias) Children return to school in Strasbourg, eastern France, Thursday Sept. 2, 2021. France's virus situation has slightly improved in recent weeks, with about 17,000 confirmed cases of infection each day on average, down from more than 23,000 around mid-August. But many fear a reverse of the trend now that children are back to school. (AP Photo/Jean-François Badias) Parents and students stand in front of a COVID-19 information board on the first day of school for the 2021-2022 year at Gounod Lavoisier Primary school, Lille, northern France, Thursday, Sept. 2 2021. France has been facing high numbers of confirmed infections since July, with a slight decrease in recent weeks — from over 23,000 per day around mid-August to 17,000 now. But many fear a reverse of the trend as children will go back to school after summer holidays on Thursday. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler) Teacher Laurent Canivet on the first day of school for the 2021-2022 year at Gounod Lavoisier Primary school in Lille, northern France, Thursday, Sept. 2 2021. France has been facing high numbers of confirmed infections since July, with a slight decrease in recent weeks -- from over 23,000 per day around mid-August to 17,000 now. But many fear a reverse of the trend as children will go back to school after summer holidays on Thursday. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler) A man wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks across an intersection in a drizzle in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) A woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks across an intersection in a drizzle in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) A health worker administers the vaccine for COVID-19 in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) A health worker administers the vaccine for COVID-19 in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) FILE - In this June 14, 2021, file photo, a vital of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine that is being administered for flight attendants of Japan Airlines at Haneda Airport as the airline company began its workplace vaccination, in Tokyo. Moderna Inc. and its Japanese partner are recalling more than 1 million doses of the U.S. drug maker's coronavirus vaccine after confirming that contamination reported was tiny particles of stainless steel. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File) A man wearing a face mask to protect against COVID-19 walks out of a subway station during the morning rush hour in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) A health official conducts anti-epidemic work at the entrance of Phyongsong city in south Phyongan Province, North Korea Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)