During the organizing of the educational process, face masks aren’t the only problem, but everyone is focused on that. This is what doctor-epidemiologist Eduard Hovhannisyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am, touching upon the sensational decision on making children wear face masks in school.

“In reality, it’s going to be technically very difficult to implement all the processes, and I get the impression that the government has drafted an artificial document so that schools can be inspected later,” he said.

According to him, it was necessary to clarify whether children easily get infected and easily infect family members or not.

“There is also a problem with face masks in the sense of what we want. Do we want to prevent something? Face masks need to be worn properly. If children are going to wear face masks on public transport and then in class, this will inevitably cause consequences such as lack of oxygen. There is no study on what impact this will have on children’s health and concentration, and there is no study on what is more dangerous — the coronavirus or wearing a face mask? The government needed to consider all the advantages and disadvantages and then make decisions,” he said.

Hovhannisyan also questioned the term for opening schools. He believes schools need to be opened on September 1, that is, before the start of acute respiratory viruses in order to understand what the situation in schools will be like.