Onishchenko urged not to cancel the line on 1 September in the schools of Moscow because COVID-19. Previously, the Moscow Department of education recommended educational institutions to organize the celebrations in the parks, not on-site.
The representative of one of the schools reported “Interfax” the receipt of the recommendations of the office to conduct such a line 1 September at ENEA. According to him, “the events will be open to all interested students in full uniform accompanied by their teachers”.
Former chief sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation, first Deputy Chairman of state Duma Committee on education and science Gennady Onishchenko in an interview with radio station “Moscow speaking” advised parents of schoolchildren to remain calm and not to worry about the risk of infection coronavirus infection.
“in Any case [no need to cancel the line on 1 September — approx. GM]. Let parents believe me. Today, the situation in Moscow is developing so that by 1 September we need to prepare our children, to tanned, rested, grew, examples of forms, collected the textbooks. Take your minds and the minds of their children with this. In addition, as we develop the event, children are not a risk. If the situation becomes complicated in some regions, you will need to include measures that will prevent or minimize the spread of infection, but now we need to teach children. Enough, they have been one-quarter have not learned”.
Onishchenko stressed that the school administration should take care of the observance of sanitary norms.
“these kids in the online call, I saw who was in the kitchen sitting, who lay on the sofa. Well, is it a holiday? We sure are preparing for September 1. If there is something incredible, the willingness, we, the parents, grandparents should be 200%. In this case no panic, things are calm, confident, let’s think about it. The only thing we will ask our principals, managers of schools is that somewhere in October, when the rise of influenza that we fix the schools, ventilation is put in order, bought additional disinfecting the air, to stocks of disinfectants in our schools”.
This year last call for high school graduates was held may 25 in an online format. The action began on the official website of the Ministry of education. The graduates were congratulated by bloggers and well-known media person.