"An effective means of prevention": distance learning for high school students in Moscow was extended until December 6

Distance learning in high school schools in Moscow was extended by two weeks - until December 6.

This was announced by the mayor of the capital Sergei Sobyanin.

“Distance learning is an effective means of preventing the spread of coronavirus.

Schoolchildren are less ill themselves and less likely to infect their elderly relatives.

Therefore, we decided to extend distance education in grades 6-11 for another two weeks - until December 6, 2020, ”the mayor said in a statement on the website.

According to him, this measure will save the health and lives of many Muscovites.

Earlier it became known that over the past two weeks, the coronavirus was detected daily in an average of 180 employees of educational institutions in Moscow, said the deputy head of the Moscow Department of Education and Science Anton Molev.

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“Over the past two weeks, from November 1 to November 15, we have received information about the sick - on average, 180 employees daily, of which 67 are teachers,” said Molev, speaking at a meeting of the Moscow City Duma Commission on Education.

His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.

The deputy head of the department noted that if it were not for the measures taken in the capital, the number of cases could have increased significantly.

“These numbers would be increased by 5 thousand people, and the number of sick students would be 7 thousand,” said Molev.

Recall that at the end of September, the Moscow authorities announced the extension of school holidays for the period from 5 to 18 October.

At the end of this period, students in grades 6-11 in Moscow schools were transferred to distance learning, while students in grades 1-5 returned to schools.

Later, the operation of this regime was extended until November 22, noting that the authorities will try "to do everything so that distance learning does not lead to a deterioration in the quality of education."

At the same time, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced on November 12 that the distance learning regime would most likely be extended for a longer period.

At the same time, the Moscow City Duma stressed that they do not plan to leave schoolchildren on distance learning.

As the head of the Moscow Department of Education Alexander Molotkov noted, all pre-professional education projects, all projects related to education will be extended.

“These projects will not be possible without the presence of children ... this is another proof that there are no secret plans to leave children on the remote.

This is a forced measure, I hope it will end soon, "RIA Novosti quotes Molotkov.

New incidence data

Over the past day, 22,410 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in Russia.

In the previous two days, 22,778 and 22,572 cases of COVID-19 were reported, respectively.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 1,971,013 cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in all 85 regions of the Russian Federation.

During this time, 1,475,904 people recovered.

During the day, this figure increased by a record value - 22,055 patients were discharged.

33,931 people died from complications that developed against the background of coronavirus infection and concomitant diseases.

During the day, the number of deaths increased by 442 - the maximum value since the beginning of the pandemic.

The leader in the number of cases detected per day is Moscow.

In 24 hours, 5882 COVID-19 cases were recorded in the capital.

In St. Petersburg, 2130 cases were identified.

In two weeks, the daily incidence rates in this city have doubled.

A significant number of new cases were recorded in the Moscow (839), Nizhny Novgorod (407) and Arkhangelsk (351) regions.

According to Rospotrebnadzor, over the entire period, more than 69.5 million laboratory tests were carried out for a new type of coronavirus, including 438 thousand in the last day.

461,178 people remain under medical supervision.

The day before, the department said that there were no documented cases of repeated cases of COVID-19 coronavirus infection in Russia.

"To date, documented cases of repeated disease are extremely rare, in Russia there is not a single documented repeated case (COVID-19 disease

)," said Alexander Gorelov, Deputy Director for Research, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Rospotrebnadzor, on the Russia 24 TV channel. ...

Mobile medical teams

The head of the Russian government, Mikhail Mishustin, signed a decree on the allocation of 200 million rubles to ensure the work of mobile teams to help patients with coronavirus.

The message published on the website of the Cabinet of Ministers notes that this practice is used in a number of territories.

“Specialists from federal medical institutions and specialized universities travel to regions with the most difficult epidemiological situation.

On the spot, they advise colleagues and help patients, ”the message says.

The teams include doctors of various profiles, including anesthesiologists-resuscitators, infectious disease specialists, pulmonologists, cardiologists and therapists.

32 medical institutions participate in the work of mobile teams of doctors, including the National Medical and Surgical Center named after

Pirogov, Medical Research Center for Cardiovascular Surgery named.

Bakuleva, National Medical Research Center for Cardiology, Medical Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology named after V.I.

Kulakova and Bashkir State Medical University.