Educational establishments start reopening after a delay lasting months. FMTNews
A worker disinfects a classroom ahead of reopening at Yeouido Girls High School in Seoul yesterday.
Students lined up for temperature checks and were given sanitisers to wash their hands as they entered school premises while teachers greeted them with smiles and occasional elbow bumps. But it appears to have brought its outbreak under control thanks to an extensive “trace, test and treat” programme.
Inside the school buildings, students are asked to wipe their desks and sit apart according to social distancing guidelines, with some classes setting up partitions between desks.
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