MOSCOW, May 22 (RAPSI) – A criminal case was opened against a married couple employed by a boarding school in the Tver Region of Russia, who concealed the fact that their daughter was infected by the coronavirus; as a result, 14 children and 5 school employees were infected, the press service of Russia’s Investigative Committee informs on Friday.

The fact was revealed in the course of an inspection carried out by the Prosecutor’s Office.

The couple are suspected of committing a crime related to the violation of sanitary and epidemiological regulations resulting in massive infection of people.