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1. France reinstates a mandatory face mask policy for primary schoolchildren in many departments and administrative areas across the country as authorities try to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases.
   2021-11-15 19:06:25 (First version)
2. Belgium reinstates mandatory face mask policy for secondary schoolchildren and their teachers in Wallonia.
   (Current version)

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