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What social distancing? French students complain of packed lectures

Students arriving for the new university term in the French city of Nice said they found themselves crammed into lecture theatres with some people even sitting on the steps, despite a heightened alert in the city for the spread of Covid-19.

“The lecture hall was full. We were all stuck together,” Joanna Gomes, a 22-year-old psychology student, said, describing a gathering organised by university staff on the first day of term.

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