SEOUL, Aug 25 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s education ministry said today that, classes will be banned in Seoul and its surrounding area, amid the COVID-19 resurgence in the Seoul metropolitan area.
All preschools, primary and secondary schools in Seoul and its surrounding Gyeonggi province, as well as, Incheon, west of Seoul, will switch to a full remote learning from tomorrow, Aug 26 to Sept 11, according to the Ministry of Education and the education offices of Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi province.
High school seniors will be excluded from the restriction, as they are required to take a college entrance exam later this year.
It came amid the recent surge in confirmed COVID-19 cases, especially in the metropolitan area.
In the latest tally, the country reported 280 more cases for the past 24 hours, raising the combined number to 17,945.
The number of confirmed cases for the past 12 days reached 3,175, due to infections in the metropolitan area, linked to church services and a massive rally in central Seoul in mid-Aug.
Among the total, 150 students, as well as, 43 teachers and other school staff were infected with the virus, in Seoul and its surrounding area.– NNN-YONHAP
