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Parents protest against testing of students

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Dozens of parents and teachers have come out in protest in front of the Council of Ministers against the testing of 1st to 4th grade students twice a week for Covid-19 as a condition for their in-person training. The event is organized by the United Parents Association through social networks, BNR reported.

"Healthy children cannot be tested. We firmly refuse to comply with the measures imposed by the Minister of Health and the Minister of Education and Science," Lilia Bozhkova, one of the protest organizers, said.



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