Deputy Prime Minister Yu Eun-hye and Minister of Education said on the 24th, "We will take all measures to minimize the spread of Corona 19 infection in the community to schools, and to prevent community infection through schools."

Deputy Prime Minister Yoo said this as he presided over the'School quarantine inspection meeting including support for school quarantine personnel' held at the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education.

The meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Yoo, Seoul Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon, Gyeonggi Superintendent Lee Jae-jeong, Incheon City Superintendent Do Seong-hun, and Suwon Mayor Yeom Tae-young, chairman of the National Mayor/Gun/Gu heads' council. Discussed.

Deputy Prime Minister Yoo said, "The trend of the spread of Corona 19 across the country is very severe."

He added, "This week, when school is fully opened after the vacation period is over, will be the most important week in our school," he said. "The Ministry of Education, the Office of Education and the school are responding more tense than ever."

Deputy Prime Minister Yu also said, "As the Ministry of Education is a matter directly related to the safety of students, it will take a great sense of responsibility and judge all situations promptly and preemptively." We also say that we will make the necessary preparations in advance with the Office of Education on the premise that they are not."

In the first semester, Deputy Prime Minister Yu said that 40,000 people including after-school instructors, retired teachers, and volunteers were employed as school quarantine personnel to support the school site.In the second semester, he asked the superintendent of education in the metropolitan area and the local government to support quarantine personnel. Requested.

Deputy Prime Minister Yu said, "If 232 basic local governments across the country and 176 educational support offices across the country cooperate, it would be the same as 20,000 schools nationwide gaining thousands of thousands of horses," said "school quarantine management and elementary school, which are complaining of a heavy burden. "The burden of managing caring distance classes will be dramatically reduced."

He continued, "The Ministry of Education and the Office of Education will wait for an emergency 24 hours, closely monitor the school situation, make a preemptive and prompt judgment, and support it through the administration." I believe."

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