Little by little many countries return to "normality" in the face of coronavirus, in South Korea they take measures in schools
School centers in South Korea began a gradual reopening today, amid signs that show a progressive control in the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
The students who entered today were those of the upper grade of high school, and the rest of the students will gradually join the classes in a process that will last until June 8.
The school year should have started on March 2, but the resumption of classes was postponed until May 13 and, due to the emergence of a new covid-19 outbreak in Seoul, it was postponed again until this Wednesday.
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However, since April 9, South Korea began a system to teach classes online and on television, as an interim measure before the new school year began.
Although only students from the last year of high school entered the schools today, in schools with less than 60 students all students can enter.
But the beginning of the school year in person is carried out in accordance with a protocol set by the authorities to avoid greater contagion among students.
The rules, which were released on Tuesday by the Ministry of Education, include a daily review of the physical condition of students and staying home in case they are sick.
The need to clean desks before classes begin, ventilate rooms with open windows, use masks at all times, except for lunch time, and wash hands for 30 seconds is also included.
"I know that this is not an easy road, but we have to take it, since it is not clear when the covid-19 pandemic can end," said the Minister of Education, Yoo Eun-hae, in statements collected by the local agency Yonhap.
South Korea, one of the first countries affected by the new coronavirus that emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has so far registered 11,110 cases of covid-19 and 263 deaths, while 10,066 people have already overcome the disease.
In the last 24 hours, according to official data, there were no deaths from covid-19 and only 32 cases of contagion were reported.