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college entrance exam was held today (18th). All the students who had to wear a mask and not go to school properly because of the corona virus and had to prepare for the entrance exam worked hard.



Reporter Jeong-eun Shin covered the front of the exam hall today.



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It has been a long time since the loud cheering shouts in front of the school gate on the morning of the entrance exam day.



Although it was not possible to find the examinees armed with quarantine suits like last year, the tension of the students wearing masks remains the same.



[Kim Ki-hwan/Student: Because it was so hard. I will destroy them all.]



Parents see off with warm encouragement.



[It'll be fine.]



[

I

'll go and come.]



[Kim Yun-hwa / Gangnam-gu, Seoul: 'Today, think only of yourself, relax and come

back.

' .]



From police vehicles at the ward office to motorbikes of volunteers, we have contributed to the transportation of test takers today.



A late examinee gets into a patrol car and rushes into the examination room.



About 509,000 test takers took the SAT at 1,300 test centers across the country.



96 test takers confirmed with COVID-19 took the test at hospitals and living treatment centers, and 128 test takers who were notified of quarantine due to close contact took the test at a separate test center.



In the midst of this, the quarantine authorities are considering introducing a 'prevention pass' to some multi-use facilities such as PC rooms, singing practice rooms, and movie theaters that teenagers like.



This is because the completion rate of COVID-19 vaccination for 12-17 year-olds is low at around 3%, and the number of student confirmed cases is not decreasing.



Here, starting on the 22nd, kindergartens and elementary, middle, and high schools are about to go back to school.



If the outside activities of students increase after the entrance exam, the risk of infection will inevitably increase, so we cannot slow down the tension.



(Video coverage: Park Dae-young, Park Hyun-cheol, Yang Hyun-cheol, video editing: Kim Jun-hee, VJ: Noh Jae-min, Shin So-young)