It was decided not to introduce testing of schoolchildren for COVID in eight regions yet

In St. Petersburg and seven other Russian regions, RBC was told that they do not yet plan to introduce an experiment to test schoolchildren for coronavirus in schools. Earlier, Anastasia Rakova, Deputy Mayor of Moscow, announced a similar initiative in ten metropolitan schools.

So, in the office of the vice-governor of St. Petersburg, Irina Potekhina, and in the health committee of the city of RBC St. Petersburg, they said that they did not plan to introduce testing for COVID-19 among schoolchildren. In the Belgorod, Lipetsk regions , it is also not planned to introduce such testing. In the Voronezh region , schoolchildren have been transferred to distance education, RBC Chernozemye was reminded at the operational headquarters of the region.

Similar measures are not planned in the Kaliningrad region , RBC Kaliningrad was told in the regional government. “[ In the Rostov region ] such a practice is not planned,” Rostov was told at the regional headquarters.

There are no plans to test schoolchildren in Bashkortostan either , RBC Bashkortostan was told in the Ministry of Education and confirmed by the authorities of the region. RBC Kuban sent a request to the regional government. A source in the administration of the Krasnodar Territory , said that there "of course, they will analyze the experience of Moscow." “And based on the results of the pilot implementation, conclusions will be drawn about the need for such measures. At the moment, such decisions have not been made and have not been discussed in detail, ”a source told RBC Kuban.

RBC also sent a request to the administration of the Tambov region.