JRL NEWSWATCH: “Russian schools open with classroom, cafeteria precautions” – AP
“Russian children have returned to schools …. [T]eachers underwent mandatory virus tests …. Temperature checks are conducted each morning … [S]chool schedules were amended to reduce the number … attending at the same time. Authorities also limited … school cafeterias and recreation areas …. Masks in schools are not mandatory for all of Russia’s 85 regions ….”
If a child tests positive for Covid, each of their classmates must quarantine for two weeks.
Parents can opt for online learning as an alternative.