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There are 8,86 corona19 confirmed people. 107 more than yesterday (13th). In the past three days, 114, 110, and 107 have been grouped at this level. Conversely, the number of people who were released from quarantine because they were cured increased every day, exceeding 200 for the first time today. To make this situation even better, we need to stop the case of small group infections from now on. That's what the call center did, and the PC room, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries should minimize the number of cases it takes from a few to tens of people sporadically. In this regard, the government announced that it was considering delaying the opening of kindergarten, elementary, middle, and high schools that had already been postponed. It is possible to start school in April for the first time in history.

Today's first news, reporter Kim Hye-min.

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This is a post from the Blue House National Petition to postpone school opening in April.

"Even if only one person is infected in a confined space, several people can become a group infection," he said. "Many students and parents are worried."

[Ha Yoo-jin / Seoul Yangcheon-gu: (children) I'm in 5th grade and 2nd grade, but I haven't met my new semester friends yet. Still, I want to start a little more safely, so I want to postpone it for about 2 weeks (I'm big.)]

The government is struggling with further delays because the preschools in elementary schools, elementary, middle, and high schools nationwide have already been delayed two times in three weeks.

If you postpone the opening of the school year, there is a possibility that the first semester class deficit will be large and the SAT will be delayed.

[Noh Hong-in / Central Disaster Safety Response Headquarters 1st Control Officer: Opinions are divided on the need to postpone school. We are in the process of discussing this with the quarantine authorities and the Ministry of Education.]

However, there is a situation in which the concern about a serious increase in infection through school after school starts cannot be ignored.

The Ministry of Education has consulted with superintendents of metropolitan and provincial offices as well as experts in preventing infectious diseases.

In addition, we plan to discuss with the Central Disaster Safety Response Headquarters to make a final decision next week.

Seoul Metropolitan Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon also told SNS that "I personally think that starting school is inevitable."

(Video coverage: Hwang In-seok, Park Hyun-cheol, Video editing: Lee So-young)