. KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany Students at Defense Department schools in Germany will continue with remote learning until the end of January at earliest, education officials said Friday. The first day back in the classroom will be Monday, Feb. 1, said Stephen Smith, spokesman for the Department of Defense Education Activity-Europe. Ankara Elementary/High School in Turkey will also extend remote learning until Feb. 1, he said. Students enrolled in DODEA’s virtual learning program are not affected by the schedule change. DODEA’s 34 schools in Germany transitioned to remote learning on Dec. 16, the first day that German schools were closed as the government tightened the country s coronavirus restrictions. Classes were set to resume on Jan. 19.
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. TOKYO – More than 1,300 people tested positive for the coronavirus Thursday in Japan’s capital city, setting a new one-day record as 2020 slid into history, according to public broadcaster NHK. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 1,337 newly infected people on New Year s Eve, according to NHK. The pandemic has set and crushed daily new-case records in Tokyo in December: 678 on Dec. 16, then 821 the following day and 949 the day after Christmas. Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike at news conference Wednesday said a “third wave of unprecedented size” is attacking the metro area, according to NHK. New Year’s festivities, she said, will not curb the virus’s spread. Koike urged metro residents to spend the night quietly at home and not with others at dinner or parties, NHK reported.