Coronavirus Cluster Infections Closes 849 Schools in South Korea
I believe this is going to be a reoccurring event for many schools having to open and close regularly based on cluster infection incidents:
As the coronavirus infections soared to a five-month high on Friday, a record number of schools nationwide were forced to shut down to protect children and educators from the novel coronavirus.
A total of 849 schools stopped their in-person classes, the Ministry of Education said, the biggest number since the country reopened schools on May 20.
The figure broke the previous record of 838 on May 28 when a cluster of infections popped up in a logistics center in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province.
In Seoul, the northern ward of Seongbuk, where the new COVID-19 hotbed Sarang Jeil Church is located, was the hardest hit with 79 schools affected, and the nearby ward of Gangbuk saw 40 schools shut down. As of Friday morning, 732 coronavirus infections have been tied to the church.
Yonhap
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The elementary/middle-school hagweon down the hall from where I work is chugging along at full capacity. Kids are masked up, and they do periodic temperature checks before letting the kids into their classroom. Perhaps the hagweon didn’t get the memo. Or perhaps the school is ignoring it…?