“I would like to appeal to all teachers, parents of schoolchildren and schoolchildren themselves and urge during the holidays to comply with the measures of Rospotrebnadzor, which are prescribed.

And only the observance of these rules will allow us to avoid the worsening of the situation, "RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Kravtsov said that in the situation with COVID-19, a lot depends on all participants in the educational process.

Earlier, the Moscow Department of Education and Science recommended that schools in the capital establish New Year's holidays from December 27 to January 9.