S. Korea limits school numbers over virus spike
Pupils wait in line while keeping a distance to eat their first school lunch at the Geumbyeong Elementary School canteen in Chuncheon, South Korea. – EPA pic, May 29, 2020.
SOUTH Korea today imposed limits on the number of pupils going to schools in and around Seoul as officials scramble to tackle fresh coronavirus cases that threaten the country’s success in containing the epidemic. Only one in three pupils at kindergartens, elementary and middle schools in the Seoul metropolitan area – home to half the population – will be allowed to physically attend school each day, authorities said, with the others remote learning.
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