The new academic year in schools will begin in a partially remote format, the press service of the regional administration reports . Classes in subjects such as music, fine arts and basic ethics will be held remotely.

The department of clinical pharmacology began to operate at the respiratory hospital of Siberian State Medical University. The press service of the regional administration reports this. Specialists take part in prescribing treatment for each newly admitted patient with COVID-19, individually select medications taking into account concomitant pathology, assess the risks of side effects of drugs and participate in consultations.

Eight Lada Granta cars and one Lada Largus were delivered to Tomsk medical institutions, seven more will go to hospitals in the region in the near future, reports the Telegram channel “Region of Health”. In Tomsk, hospital No. 2, city hospital No. 3, children's rehabilitation center, clinics No. 1 and No. 4, children's hospital No. 1, children's city hospital No. 2, maternity hospital No. 1 and the forensic medical examination bureau have updated their fleet.

Preparations for the elections to the City Duma, which will take place on September 13, continue in Tomsk. Parliamentary parties and single candidates gather to participate in them. Tomsk residents will have to elect 37 deputies. Ten seats will be distributed based on the results of voting for party lists, 27 will go to single-mandate seats. How many signatures did non-parliamentary parties collect in Tomsk, in the TV2 material.

In the region, forest firefighters are fighting seven fires, three of which were caused by “dry thunderstorms.” Three fires were in the Verkhneketsky district, two in the Kargasoksky district, one each in the Aleksandrovsky and Kolpashevo districts . The area of ​​fires in the Kargasoksky and Aleksandrovsky districts is 290 and 230 hectares, respectively.

Restrictions due to coronavirus have been reintroduced in five cities of the Kemerovo region, the regional operational headquarters reports . Over the past 24 hours, 96 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Kuzbass - these are record numbers for the period of the spread of infection. Significant restrictions are being introduced in Mezhdurechensk. Shopping centers there will be closed, as well as retail establishments, except for stores selling food and essential goods.

For the first time, MTS subscribers living in the villages of Voronino and Yubileiny have reached the zone of reliable reception of the 4G network, the mobile operator reports. Now modern MTS digital services are available to them: they will be able to organize distance learning, use telemedicine capabilities, and also communicate with relatives and friends through social networks.

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"Oblkompriroda" began annual monitoring of atmospheric air. During August, the institution’s laboratory will conduct research at 30 sites in different areas of Tomsk. For the first time, monitoring will cover new neighborhoods of the city. “Specialists will measure the content of such harmful components and chemicals in the atmospheric air as phenol, formaldehyde, benzopyrene, suspended particles, dust, carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide.

Over the past 24 hours, 60 new cases of coronavirus infection have been identified among residents of the Tomsk region, 63 people have recovered. The operational headquarters reports the death of two people from coronavirus. “Both had a history of multiple organ failure, one was at risk due to age, the second had severe renal pathology as a result of acquired chronic diseases.

From August 6 to 12, in the Tomsk region, in some places the air temperature will remain at +30 degrees, and in some areas higher temperatures are expected. This was reported by the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations with reference to data from the Tomsk Center for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring. The Ministry of Emergency Situations recommends that residents of the region not stay in the heat for too long, and also wear hats and drink more water.