"Due to the fact that the number of classes that are quarantined for coronavirus is growing, I instruct the regional education department to start the autumn holidays ahead of schedule - from October 19 and increase their duration to two weeks," TASS quoted him as saying.
As the governor noted, the vacation period should be the same for all schools.
In addition, additional education institutions will go on vacation.
The authorities expect that this will reduce the incidence of not only coravirus infection, but also SARS and influenza.
Earlier it was reported that the Sakhalin schoolchildren will go on vacation two weeks earlier.