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5 positive Covid-19 tests after students return to class

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A total of 3,549 volunteers, mostly parents, took part in the first day of testing for Covid-19 among children in grades I to IV. There is a total of 5 positive tests among 37,832 students, and 6 positive samples among 2,717 teachers tested, the Ministry of Education has reported.

"Before I came, I thought it was a little scary, but when I did it, I calmed down," a student in the 2nd grade said in front of the microphone of BNR reporter Andrey Borisov.




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