Russia (bbabo.net), - Yana Lantratova, the first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Education, appealed to Minister of Education Sergei Kravtsov with a request to extend school holidays by a week - until January 16 - due to the spread of the omicron coronavirus strain.

“Control over the epidemiological situation, of course, remains a primary task for the education system,” the press service of the Ministry of Education commented. - All regions are connected to this, and in each school, control continues to ensure that all measures previously prescribed by Rospotrebnadzor are strictly observed. These measures are already familiar to teachers, students, and their parents, and the main thing is that they bring results - the educational process is fully ongoing throughout the country, and where necessary, specific classes are transferred to temporary distance learning.

As reported in the department, to date, the education system has not recorded any acute outbreaks of disease requiring immediate federal measures.

- Only eight schools over the past week have applied quarantine measures in connection with COVID, the ministry said. - Measures to close classes and transfer to temporary distance learning affected less than 0.9% of students.

The department stressed that specific decisions on vacation time are made by the regions independently, based on the epidemiological situation in the field. At the same time, the ministry is in constant contact and will continue control and joint work with the regions, with the health authorities and with the deputy corps.

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