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South Korea orders all schools in Seoul to switch to online classes as outbreaks continue

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'The alarming emergence of mass infections since August is turning up as infections of our students and staff members,' the education minister said

A Buddhist monk doll wearing a face mask is displayed near the Chogyesa temple in Seoul Image: Ahn Young-joon/PA Images A Buddhist monk doll wearing a face mask is displayed near the Chogyesa temple in Seoul Image: Ahn Young-joon/PA Images SOUTH KOREA HAS ordered all schools and kindergartens in the greater Seoul region to switch to online classes as authorities battle multiple coronavirus clusters.

Authorities are now scrambling to tighten social distancing rules and said that schools and kindergartens in Seoul, Incheon and neighbouring Gyeonggi province will switch to online classes from Wednesday until 11 September. The only exception is for senior students in their final year of high school, who are due to take crucial university entrance exams in early December.

 

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