Tag: cornavirus

Picture of the Day: School Closure in Seoul

| July 3, 2020
COVID-19 school closure
COVID-19 school closure
A notice placed outside the main gate of Munchang Elementary School in Dongjak Ward, southwestern Seoul, outlines a temporary closure on July 1, 2020, after a sixth grader tested positive for COVID-19. Public health authorities set up a screening station earlier in the day at the playground of the school to check everyone who may have come in contact with the infected student. (Yonhap)

South Korean Schools Closed Until April 6th

| March 23, 2020

It will be interesting to see if the schools actually do reopen on April 6th:

Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae announces an additional two-week delay to the opening of primary and secondary schools, at the government complex in Seoul.

South Korea said Tuesday it will be postponing the new school year for another two weeks as it fights COVID-19 group infections that have occurred at churches, hospitals and even Zumba classes.

Under the measure, the new school year at kindergartens and elementary, middle and high schools nationwide will begin on April 6, five weeks later than in normal years, according to the education ministry.

Yonhap

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