As the head of the department of epidemiological surveillance of the Rospotrebnadzor administration in the Kemerovo region Margarita Novoselova said, another 47 educational institutions were partially transferred to distance learning.

"Today, nine educational institutions have been completely closed, of which seven are schools, one secondary educational institution - the Anzhero-Suzhensky branch of the regional medical college and one preschool institution - a kindergarten in the city of Belovo," TASS quotes her.

26 schools, 13 kindergartens, four suza, three universities and one institution of additional education have partially switched to distance learning, she stressed.

Earlier in Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, more than 400 schoolchildren switched to distance learning due to COVID-19.