School lines, which are traditionally held on September 1, this year will be held not in the usual, but in a modified format to comply with security measures due to the situation with coronavirus. This was stated by the Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Sergey Kravtsov at the international conference "The first results of the pandemic: challenges and new opportunities for the global education system."
“We will conduct them in a slightly different format, but the students will come to schools, we really hope that teachers will come to schools and the educational process will begin,” the head of the TASS Ministry of Education quotes.
At the same time, Kravtsov did not specify in what format it is planned to hold school holidays on Knowledge Day.
The head of the Ministry of Education added that the new school year will begin taking into account all safety requirements in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The Minister emphasized that the agency does not intend to abandon the full-time training format.
Meanwhile, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin expressed the hope that by September 1, metropolitan schoolchildren will be able to return to class.
“I hope that from September 1, Moscow schoolchildren will go to school, as, in fact, this is indicated by the Ministry of Education. And today, according to the epidemiological situation that exists in Moscow, we see, we hope that it will allow the educational process to begin, as usual, according to tradition - September 1, ”Sobyanin quoted Interfax as saying.
As Sergey Kravtsov added, on September 1, Russian students are scheduled to conduct a diagnosis of knowledge based on the results of distance education.
“We made the decision that on September 1, schools of the Russian Federation will be diagnosed with the knowledge of schoolchildren,” RIA Novosti quotes the minister.
At the same time, assessments based on the results of diagnostics will not be made, Kravtsov added. Instead, the level of knowledge will simply be checked, and if gaps are identified after a period of distance learning, specialists will prepare programs to eliminate them and "align educational results to the required level."
Statistics for COVID-19
In Russia, 6562 cases of coronavirus infection were detected per day, including 621 in Moscow, according to the operational headquarters. The total number of cases recorded in all the time in the country reached 700,792. For the entire time of the spread of infection in Moscow, 226,795 cases were identified, of which active (the number of patients at the moment) was 61,855. At the same time, 160,913 people in the capital were cured after COVID- nineteen.
In total, 472 511 patients recovered after coronavirus in Russia, including 8631 people over the past 24 hours.
In the last 24 hours, 173 deaths were recorded throughout the country, and over the entire period 10,667 people died from complications caused by COVID-19.
The situation with the coronavirus gives rise to optimistic forecasts, spokesman for the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said today.
“As the situation associated with the pandemic continues one way or another, although there is a tendency to improve this situation, but still in some regions we see dynamics that we would like to see better. Somewhere, it already gives rise to optimistic forecasts, ”said Peskov.
Regarding decisions on restrictions in the event of a possible second wave of the spread of coronavirus, a spokesman for the president said that they would be made at the headquarters for the fight against infection, which was created in the Russian government.
“Only the headquarters is authorized to make any decisions on this subject,” he said.
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Vaccine Progress
Regarding the development of the vaccine from COVID-19, on July 7, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that after two weeks from the moment of vaccination, the health status of volunteers was tested by the defense department jointly with the Coronavirus National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology. N.F. Gamalei, consistently good. There were no complications or adverse reactions in them.
“Next week, on the 21st day after the first vaccination, the second component of the vaccine will be introduced to the volunteers of the second group. The “booster” variant of vaccination involves an additional increase in the protective functions of the body and an increase in the duration of protection as a result of repeated administration of the drug, ”the department explained.
Recall, on May 26, during a meeting via videoconference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported on the development of a recombinant vaccine against a new coronavirus infection.
Clinical studies of the vaccine are planned to be completed by the end of July this year.