Higher School transfers all lectures into remote format due to coronavirus

The Higher School of Economics will transfer all lecture classes into remote format from October 26 due to the threat of coronavirus spread. This was reported on the site of the university.

In addition, students will be able to attend offline terms for no more than three days a week. The changes apply to all the campaway of the university, emphasized in the Higher School.

Earlier, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin ordered from October 18 to transfer to distance learning for high school students in Moscow schools. This format will be valid until at least November 1. Also, according to the decision of the mayor, from October 19 to November 1, additional education institutions and children's leisure organizations will be closed.

Recall that over the past day in Russia, according to official figures, 13,754 new cases of coronavirus in 85 regions have been identified . 286 deaths were recorded, 8392 people completely recovered.

In total, today in Russia 1,354,163 cases of coronavirus in 85 regions have been identified in Russia. For the entire period, 23,491 deaths were recorded, 1,048,097 people recovered.