China News Service, June 3, according to Korean media reports, South Korea's Central Epidemic Prevention Headquarters reported on the 3rd that as of 03:00 local time, South Korea added 49 new cases of new coronary pneumonia, of which 48 cases occurred in the capital area; cumulative diagnosis There were 11,590 cases.
On the other hand, South Korea’s 1.78 million students in the first and second grades and the third and fourth grades of elementary school returned to school on the 3rd. So far, all Korean elementary and middle school students have resumed classes after the longest winter vacation.
Data map: Korean high school students resume classes.
Previously, affected by the epidemic, the South Korean government took measures to start schools in batches by grade. The first batch of high school seniors returned to school on May 20, and the second batch of seniors, juniors, and primary and secondary students of primary school and kindergarten students returned to school on May 27. According to statistics from the Ministry of Education, 1.78 million students in grade one and grade two and grades three and four of elementary school returned to school on the same day. Together with 2.81 million students who had already returned to school, 77% of the students returned to the classroom.
Due to the recent confirmed cases in the metropolitan area, all parties are concerned about the second outbreak. On the 2nd, 534 primary and secondary schools were forced to suspend or postpone their return to school, of which 99% were concentrated in the metropolitan area. It also makes parents happy and mixed.
The Korean Ministry of Education believes that although new cases continue to be reported in various places, it can promote the plan of returning to school. Considering the anxiety of parents of students in the metropolitan area, the Ministry of Education has strengthened the epidemic prevention and control work and decided to control the offline recurrence attendance rate of primary schools, junior high schools and kindergartens in the metropolitan area to less than one third.
Relevant persons from the Ministry of Education of South Korea also called on students and parents to be tested in a timely manner if suspicious symptoms appear before returning to school.