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A number of 16,168 preschoolers and pupils and 5,590 education employees were confirmed to be infected with COVID-19, the Ministry of Education informed on Wednesday.
According to the same source, following the centralization of the reports from the pre-university education units, on Wednesday, the epidemiological situation is the following:
* Preschoolers/students confirmed to be infected with COVID-19: 16,168, Agerpres informs.
* Education employees confirmed to be infected with COVID-19: 5,590 people;
* Units with face-to-face activity suspended in full as a result of the application of art. 3 paragraph 2 of the joint order (request from the unit and approval of the ISJ/ISMB): 563;
* Education units teaching exclusively in online system following the application of art. 6 paragraph 2 of the joint order (at least 50pct of the number of suspended classes): 123;
* Education units teaching exclusively in online system following the application of art. 6 paragraph 9 of the joint order (DSP investigation, CJSU decision): 202;
* Education units teaching face-to-face, but which have at least one class/group with teaching in the online system: 3,958;
* Number of children/pupils studying online - regardless of the cause: 587,434 (approximately 20pct of the total number of students and preschoolers in the education system.
