South Korea's college entrance examination begins today. How should nearly 510,000 candidates take the exam under the epidemic?

　　China News Service, November 18, according to a comprehensive Korean media report, on the 18th local time, South Korea's 2022 academic year college entrance examination (college entrance examination) kicked off.

Under the new crown epidemic, all candidates must undergo a temperature test and wear masks before entering the venue.

Data map: Citizens in Hanbok admire the autumn scenery in the National Folk Museum in Seoul, South Korea.

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　　According to reports, on the morning of the 18th local time, South Korea's 2022 academic year university academic ability examination (college entrance examination) began.

A total of about 509,000 candidates signed up for the exam this year.

This is the second college entrance examination that South Korea has ushered in during the epidemic.

　　According to the report, all candidates are required to undergo temperature testing before entering the examination room and must wear masks throughout the exam.

Candidates who develop symptoms such as body temperature exceeding 37.5°C on the day of the test will be assigned to a separate classroom for the test.

　　In addition, students undergoing home quarantine and students diagnosed with new crowns can also take the test.

Isolation candidates and confirmed candidates will take the test in isolation test centers and test centers set up in hospitals and life treatment centers.

　　The report pointed out that the test only has a partition at lunch time. The partition will be distributed to the candidates after the second test is over, installed by the candidates themselves, and returned after the lunch.

　　According to statistics from the Ministry of Education of South Korea, as of 0:00 on the 16th, 101 candidates were diagnosed with the new crown virus and 105 are in isolation.

Among them, 68 people are determined to take the college entrance examination.

　　South Korea’s Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters reported on the 18th that as of 0:00 that day, South Korea had 3,292 new confirmed cases of new crowns compared with the previous day, and the number of new cases in a single day exceeded 3,000 for the first time in two consecutive days.