
Since December 21, Kaliningrad schools have been sent to distance learning due to SARS and influenza. This is reported by the regional Rospotrebnadzor.
Udalenka is being introduced in educational institutions of the Svetlogorsk, Guryev, Zelenograd and Yantarny urban districts.
"Taking into account the worsening of the epidemic situation associated with an increase in the incidence of acute respiratory viral infections and influenza, a significant excess of the average regional level of incidence rates in children in the age group of 7-14 years, taking into account other characteristics of the epidemic process, the Chief State Sanitary DOCTOR for the Kaliningrad Region on December 19, 2022 to the Ministry of Education Kaliningrad region, a proposal was made to suspend the educational process in full-time format from December 21, 2022 in educational institutions of the Svetlogorsk, Guryev, Zelenograd and Yantarny urban districts, ”the ministry said.
According to experts, such an anti-epidemic measure will help prevent the transmission of infection in the context of the epidemic spread of influenza and SARS.
As RBC Kaliningrad wrote, 389 cases of influenza have been laboratory confirmed in the region, 388 belong to the A H1N1 (swine flu) strain. Rospotrebnadzor strongly recommends that in case of manifestation of clinical signs of the disease, contact a doctor who should take an analysis for covid-19 . Influenza and covid infection require a different protocol for treating the disease.