Letter i missed most is my math class because i going. To explain way out and some of us we dont we dont understand they would be great fun on their white boards. Their 100 teens are rough. This is the news covered 900. 00 special im paid for it thanks for joining me the coronavirus has up and at the lives of hundreds of millions of children around the world in many countries kids have been cooped up at home for weeks forcing parents to become educators while working their regular jobs now as restrictions begin to be lifted for some kids here in europe its back to school but what can they expect when they return this next report takes us to norway and denmark in norway just going to School Looks Like youre on vacation. Thats the way it was before the Coronavirus Crisis hit and the wave still is now. Us man has been bringing his 2 boys and brick in lawrence to the bus stop every morning for the past 4 weeks. The strictest hygiene rules apply inside the school bus but things will look different at school today for the time being theyre keeping separate areas for each class the hottest it on the walk yeah we have a larger area over there and the other class can meet behind the playground. That. Good hygiene practices have always been compulsory in norwegian schools whats new is that the minimum distance of one meter is no longer needed even though theres plenty of space between the tables in m. Bricks classroom but for the teacher elena haugen said one thing is much more important because. The teachers can finally hold the children in their arms again and comfort them when they fall in ellen for example it hasnt been possible for a while its very unnatural if you have to put on a mask every time you will so far norway has had only positive experiences with at School Openings. Norwegian epidemiologists have discovered that children hardly infect each other. They feel that the School Opening confirms their findings. You know i guess our advice was not to close the schools at that time it was a political decision in a very confusing situation if they wanted all the sickness at the school. Now the norwegian government is unsure that the School Closings were even necessary a few 100 kilometers to the south is copenhagen denmark like the norwegians the danes also follow very strict coronavirus guidelines they were the 1st scandinavian country to close the borders shops and schools but kindergartens and primary schools reopened in mid april. And in a funny way to the t. V. Amusement park in the middle of copenhagen like daycare groups into the empty park free of charge. Teachers go outside with their students as often as possible the infection rate remains low despite open schools one of the great critics of the School Openings allen runner up of i rather just at the university of copenhagen has changed his mind over time. The last monk that isnt there were many who would like me were worried about the schools reopening the new school. School open all the data so far has shown us that these concerns are unfounded at the high or distant the crew point the experience weve had in denmark is the best argument for the schools reopening my god cool new school on the back in norway kids are gearing up for the summer break in places it will look like this scene with m. Brick and his classmates the view that learning playing or even swimming children hardly play a role in the transmission of the coronavirus has become more and more accepted at least in scandinavia. For more on the reopening of schools im joined now by pasi sahlberg professor of education policy at the Gonski Institute at the university of New South Wales in Sydney Australia the facts are south park welcome to the program youve described this time as the biggest educational experiment in history what did you mean by the us well never before used. Almost all those. Moves for several weeks. We had one point. Learning. When the schools were closed so this is one part of the experience and the other one almost was these rooms around the world have never experienced so its going to repeat suit in the record we were as of last replaced. Into on any of these 22. 00 areas possibly its very. Interesting. Youve written that kids returning to school may need more breaks more time to play than they had before why do you say the us. Well one thing is that the 5 points you want to play. Your interest in school based around the world has really reduced over the last 20 years and there was a time when the human eye returning to school to the resource that was actually the friends. Of the several weeks of not being over that the parents the other thing is simple a medical reason all the previous reasons and medical experts are saying that the. Lockdown of social distancing itself. Into the staying away from schools and with that some of its going to be emotional it wont be for children and theres Nothing Better to do due to its when things. Get more time to be with friends so that the school. Theres also been a lot of talk about the Digital Divide children have experienced during lock time tell me about what i mean. But you know the interesting thing is that already people in the obits. Are always well dont look down some unscrupulous as we knew that although most most i mean its what was people on the internet but we knew that there were some issues and some places where that was impossible now we do doing all these months and it will be all these and then we really reveal. That we can really rely on the fact that the Internet Connection and access to the internet with me thats human for example would have everybody from x. And to all the services and things that it would need this falls in many places that sort of you have no hope of nixon to those platforms and feeds into this website provided the other thing is. This for that the number of schools actually only 2 thirds of the schools in. Countries report that they have these mold into schools so probably. Teaching children so so these things together really previously i think we understand must be appropriate and that. Is something for. The fastest thank you so much for your time. Time now to answer your questions about covert 1000 over to our science correspondent rick williams. If you live in a country where there are no active cases of covert 19 and the borders are closed is it Still Necessary to wear a mask after 14 days. The debate on whether or not to wear amounts and when has been going on for months and im certainly not going to solve it definitively here when the w. H. O. Took so long to make up its mind that its a good idea but no one denies that if they arent warned properly and washed or disposed of regularly masks can potentially do more harm than good so so Health Care Authorities all over the world will be taking that into account as they tighten or loosen restrictions on wearing them in this situation you describe no active cases in the country for 14 days and closed the borders i personally would hope and expect that i could leave my mask at home but then maybe im biased and i really hate wearing them. If you contract coded 19 but dont succumb to it in the virus still cause damage that can build up and harm you down the line. Will only find this out in the coming months and years as as any possible creeping physical effects make themselves known but but the expectation is that most of those who have no symptoms or relatively mild symptoms of the disease will will recover as fully as they would from any other respiratory sickness however theres no question that people who have severe cases of covert 19 like it like those who have to be in to. It is and ventilated that they can end up with serious damage to their long that will remain with them for the rest of their lives the same goes for patients whose kidneys are affected or those with embolisms or strokes caused by blood clotting. And you can post your questions to derek on our you tube channel if youd like to keep up with the latest developments on the corona virus in asia to subscribe to our newsletter just log on to mean dot com slash corona dash. Before we let you go heres a story of 2 kids in russia who find a way of keeping themselves busy touring locked and once a week 10 year olds to a fake nokia and read over the phone to an audience 1500 kilometers away on the other end 7 year old. Listens attentively she has been blind since birth and lives in a world of sound theyre both taking part in a project called reading aloud which bring books to visually impaired children. In the process. Of time for thanks for watching for me and take care. Into the conflict zone. Phone call never leave the news for loneliness days now its the draft of a new security law to be imposed by beijing provoking controversy and protests joining me this week from long gone is regina a member of the citys Legislative Council im sure. The probate to new peoples policy hello come folks so. Thats what next d. W. Good. Resisting racism in france. Im all been to see the top of the earth immigrants because of the forefront of this movement. Her brother was shot and killed by a Police Officer since then amal an attorney has been fighting for the rights of migrants she wants to put a stop to police triumphs against young emigrants my current brother some kids im sure of. 60 minutes you. Could. Use for me. Beethoven is for you. As for. Beethoven. Beethoven is for the. Beethoven is for us to be tough it is for everyone. But beethoven 2020 but 250th anniversary here on d. You. Know few details of how beijing uses its National Security laws of them a lot of you dont really understand the real situation in hong kong i also feel comfort for the situation in hong kong how one country 2 systems legally operate hong kong never leaves the news for long these days now its the draft of a new security law to be imposed by beijing thats provoking controversy and