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Several people have been infected, and the government is telling them to avoid many people and to avoid meetings. That's why we delayed the opening of schools and daycare centers. The government recommends that schools also close, while the schools with confirmed patients will be released.

This was reported by Ahn Sang-woo.

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The Ministry of Education recommended that the school be closed again, saying it is correct that schools will be closed during the opening of school.
[Yun Eun-hye / Minister of Education: I hope that business owners such as schools and training centers understand the imminent situation and actively participate in voluntary closings.]

Nevertheless, we are conducting joint inspections of the institutes that continue to operate, focusing on large and boarding schools, and disclose the names of the institutes when a corona infection occurs.

In fact, it is to press the schools to induce closure.

The school's closing rate for schools and training centers was close to 60% at the end of last month, but it has now fallen to 40% as the length of the park is extended.

But the schools are complaining that they are on the brink of survival.

[Kim Sam-su / President: If you postpone 3 weeks, it's too fatal for a school. I'd rather change our perspective and come out like this, 'Let's help and live together.'

The Ministry of Education also made improvements to kindergarten and elementary school emergency care services that have been criticized for being ineffective.

In the meantime, concerns about infections and short operating hours have resulted in only 1.9 percent of emergency care applications, and in fact half of them have not been used.

The Ministry of Education has decided to reinforce the prevention of care spaces and extend the operating hours from 5 pm to 7 pm to relieve the parents of office workers.

(Video coverage: Jung Sunghwa, Video editing: Park Jiin, VJ: Roh Jaemin)