All schools in Kyrgyzstan have switched to online learning due to a sharp increase in flu and acute-respiratory-viral-infection cases in the Central Asian country. Deputy Education Minister Nadira Jusupbekova said the online system of education at all schools below the university level will start on December 15 and last until December 24. The Health Ministry said earlier that the most dramatic flu situation was at schools in Bishkek and regions of Talas and Chui. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service, click here.
Jump In Illness Rate Forces Kyrgyz Schools To Go Online
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