Coronavirus cases registered among 56 school students and 19 teachers in Bishkek

AKIPRESS.COM - Coronavirus cases were registered among 56 school students and 19 teachers in January-February 2021 in Bishkek, State Sanitary and Epidemiological Control Department Chief Kuban Kundashev said at the meeting of the permanent commission for social issues of the Bishkek local council on February 16. They include 28 students of public schools who studied online. They caught coronavirus from their family members. 13 students attended schools.
Also 19 teachers of schools, kindergartens and universities contracted coronavirus infection.
Some 10,200 work in education system in Bishkek. Around 6,000 teachers teach online, the rest teach both online and offline, Bishkek Education Department Chief Elmira Imanalieva said.
After students of grades 1, 5, 9, 11 resumed offline classes at schools since February 18, 5 teachers contracted coronavirus, she added