cyril vanier joins me. good to see you, cyril. masks are the most powerful weapon we have to fight a virus. how are parisians responding to this mask mandate? >> reporter: rosemary, from what i can see by and large, parisians are okay with this. we are on the 102 streets in paris that have been designated a compulsory facemask. not everybody knows. not everybody knows that they're supposed to wear a facemask here. in fairness to them, there was supposed to be signage in front of the roads where facemasks are compulsory. i haven't seen anything warning people they need to wear a facemask here. we did see police earlier today walking up and down the street. they weren't fining people, there is a fine, about $160 if you don't wear a mask. they weren't fining anyone, they were gently reminding them. i think at this stage it's about building habits, not punishment. france is doing this, paris is doing this and other cities in frons are doing this pause they have been trending in the wrong direction for several weeks with a spike. in fa

. >> reporter: i'm cyril vanier in france.n a is the virus remains under control is to fully reopen schools, health restrictions fairly light, all students go back to class, attendance compulsory and face masks required for 11-year-olds and above where distancing isn't possible. but france has seen a spike in the number of new cases recreptly. if that continues, schools may need to move to phase 2, a hybrid between in-class and home learning. schools would bring in smaller group of students and find any available space, including outdoors to distance them. if the virus moves faster, phase 3 involves targeted school shutdowns, those students would revert to learning at home except this time schools are planning to provide computers to students who need them. >> reporter: i'm kristie lu stout in hong kong, the schools closed in january and reopened in may. students returned to the classroom but with strict rules in place. classes were separated, half in one room, half in the other with the teacher using zoom to be in both places

. >> i'm cyril vanier in france. the government is working on different scenarios for schools reopening in september. plan a, if the virus remains under control, is to fully reopen schools. health restrictions will be fairly light. all students will go back to class. attendance will be compulsory and face masks will only be required for 11-year-olds and above where distancing isn't possible. but france has seen a spike in the number of new cases recently and that continues. schools may need to move to phase two. a hybrid between in-class learning and home learning. schools would bring in smaller groups of students and find any available space, including outdoors, to distance them while the other group works from home. and if the virus spreads even faster, phase three involves targeted school shutdowns where the virus is active. those students would reverse to learning from home, except this time schools are planning to provide computers to students who need them. >> thanks to our reporters there. every parent, of cou

. >>> i'm cyril vanier in paris.y, for those 11 years old and above masks are compulsory outside in more than 100 streets of the capital like this commercial street. it's quiet now but it gets packed in the evening and it can get difficult, even impossible to achieve social distancing when everyone is out shopping here. so to limit the spread of the virus, parisians must cover their faces in streets like this one or risk being fined about $160. >>> i'm nic robertson in london. the british prime minister will visit a school today, made it a priority to get children back in the classrooms by september. he says it's socially intolerable, economically unsustainable and morally indefensible not to allow children back into the classrooms. he knows that is a route to getting the economy back and open. there's pushback from the children's commissioner in the uk says all pupils and teachers should have regular testing. the government says that international analysis shows that infection rates between children and teachers at