Only one in three pupils at certain schools in the Seoul metropolitan area will be allowed to physically attend school each day
A vendor waits for customers at an empty market in Seoul, South Korea, on April 20 2020. Picture: AFP/ED JONESSouth Korea, on Friday, 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.
South Korea endured one of the worst early outbreaks of the disease outside mainland China, but appears to have brought it under control thanks to an extensive “trace, test and treat” programme while never imposing a compulsory lockdown. An outbreak at a warehouse of e-commerce firm Coupang in Bucheon, west of Seoul, has seen a total of 96 cases as of Friday, said the central disaster and safety countermeasure headquarters.
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