In total, 267 schoolchildren and 127 teachers tested positive for COVID-19 in the city for the time being.
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko says five schools have been shut down, while 328 classes in 122 schools have been transferred to distance learning over COVID-19 cases there.
"As of today, five schools have been put in quarantine due to coronavirus cases among teachers, that is one school in Holosiyivsky, Darnytsky, Obolonsky, Pechersky, and Solomyansky districts each. A total of 328 classes with students who contracted the disease in 122 schools were self-isolated and transferred to distance learning," the mayor said at a briefing on September 21, as reported by an UNIAN correspondent.
According to Klitschko, 267 schoolchildren and 127 teachers tested positive for COVID-19 in the city for the time being.
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"Today, the occupancy rate in the kindergartens is about 50%," he added.
Klitschko assures that the city authorities are monitoring and checking the observance of regulations and implementation of anti-epidemic measures by educational institutions.