Results of the week: COVID-19 in children, a cryptocurrency zone in Kazan and a bakery

The growth of childhood morbidity

The incidence of SARS and COVID-19 is growing in the schools of the republic . On January 28, it became known that due to the growth of sick students, 1.4 thousand classes were sent for separation. According to the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Tatarstan, this measure avoids a general transition to a distance learning format. However, on January 29, President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov announced that there were no plans to switch to distance learning in the region.

Children's vaccination

On January 24, the first batch of vaccine against coronavirus for teenagers arrived in Tatarstan. In total, the republic received 2,880 doses of the Sputnik M vaccine. They were distributed to clinics. On January 27, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan reported that 37 teenagers were vaccinated. On January 29, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov announced that 193 children had been vaccinated in the republic.

Association will not

This week it became known that Kazan Bakery No. 3 will not be merged with the Bakery and Confectionery Plant (BKK). On January 19, a petition was published on the Change.org portal on behalf of the employees of Kazansky Bakery No. 3, addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin, asking him not to close the enterprise.

New factory

A Chinese plant for the production of powdered milk may appear in Tatarstan in 2024. In September of this year, a Chinese investor plans to start construction of a milk processing plant that will produce milk powder . Sichuan Railway Investment Modern Development of Agriculture JSC intends to invest 12 billion rubles in the construction.

Tatarstan cryptozone

At the final board meeting of the Ministry of Digital Development of Tatarstan, the head of the department, Airat Khairullin, proposed creating a Russian pilot zone with cryptocurrency in Kazan. According to him, the volume of transactions of Russian citizens with cryptocurrencies, according to some estimates, reaches $5 billion a year, and the number of participants in the world market has exceeded 221 million people.