Four schools remain closed in Kyiv due to COVID-19

Four schools have been closed in Kyiv city due to a rise in coronavirus cases, according to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.

“In our city, four schools have been closed for quarantine. I will remind you that there were six such schools on Monday. Some 1,161 classes in 286 schools have been transferred to distance learning. In total, 1,328 pupils are sick with coronavirus. Also, more than 980 teachers are also sick,” Klitschko said at a briefing on December 2, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

The mayor also said that due to confirmed coronavirus cases, 146 groups in 191 kindergartens have been temporarily closed.

“Seven kindergartens have been fully closed for quarantine,” he added.

As reported by Ukrinform, 13,141 new COVID-19 cases were laboratory confirmed in Ukraine on December 2, bringing the total to 758,264.

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