MOSCOW, November 5 (RAPSI) – Moscow pupils in grades 6-11 will go onto further distance study for another two weeks amid the coronavirus spread, according to information published on the website of the city’s Mayor Sergey Sobyanin on Thursday.

Many children want to return to school but it is necessary to stay alert in the current situation, Sobyanin stated. That’s why distance learning for senior schoolchildren is to be extended from November 9 to 22, the statement reads.

Earlier, the Moscow Mayor prolonged suspension of the work of Moscow government-run further education establishments and infant recreational organizations and distance work for 30% of enterprises’ employees until November 29.