For the first time since South Korea began battling a COVID-19 outbreak early last year, all schools across the country yesterday resumed full-time in-person classes.
As the first country outside China to face a major outbreak of the virus, South Korea’s schools have seen various stages of shutdowns, remote learning and hybrid arrangements.
Widespread testing, intensive contact tracing and tracking apps have enabled South Korea to limit the spread of the virus without the extensive lockdowns seen in other countries, but previous efforts at fully opening schools have been hampered by new waves of infections.
The fully reopened schools come as part of
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