Preventive restrictive measures have been introduced in schools in Vitebsk, Orsha, Polotsk, and Novopolotsk

November 4, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Preventive measures of a restrictive nature have been introduced since November 4 in general education schools in Vitebsk, Orsha, Polotsk and Novopolotsk, Deputy Chief Physician of the Vitebsk Regional Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health Aleksey Adeev told a BELTA correspondent. According to him, the incidence threshold for respiratory infections in the regional center as of November 2 was exceeded six times. An increase in morbidity has also been recorded in Orsha, Polotsk and Novopolotsk. Medics did not wait for the three days of exceeding the threshold incidence level required for the introduction of preventive restrictive measures and took preemptive action. In this regard, schools are closed for seven days, visits to patients in inpatient medical facilities are restricted, and sick leave certificates will be issued for five days immediately. According to the Vitebsk Regional Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health, as of November 2, the diagnoses of "ARVI", "ORS", "influenza" were established in 6,297 patients in the region, of whom 2,878 were children. -0-