Thursday, February 5, 2009

In schools, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk declared quarantine

Friday, 6 February, all schools of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk are closed for quarantine. The reason for the stop classes - a high incidence of influenza and ARI. While the quarantine imposed on the eight days.

As reported in the press-service management Rospotrebnadzor, in secondary schools of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in the last two weeks, a highly unstable epidemiologic situation. «Been a significant increase, up to 60%, the incidence of ARI among children in all age groups, especially among school children 7-14 years old», - said the city Department of Education specialist, writes the newspaper «View».

According to RIA PrimaMedia in the city department of education, quarantine in schools, gymnasiums and high schools entered the city, on the recommendation of Rospotrebnadzor on Sakhalin. Prior to this, quarantine has been imposed in a number of educational institutions in Okha district - from 31 January to 13 February. Epidporog is exceeded by 75%. Closed for quarantine as long as a week, and the School of Rural Mining District Nevelskoy, RIA PrimaMedia.

A total of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on 31 schools in which 18 thousand children learn.

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