“This period, this vacation is an expedient, very correct decision of the management, it should bring positive results,” he told RIA Novosti.
Answering the question about the full transfer of students to the distance format, the epidemiologist noted that "time will be the best advisor."
According to him, the decision should be made based on the results that will give a long vacation.
Earlier, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that schoolchildren in the capital will go on vacation from 5 to 18 October.