Schools reopen in North Korea after Covid-19 delays | Malay Mail

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SEOUL, June 3 — North Korean children returned to their classrooms in face masks today as schools reopened after the new term was delayed for months by coronavirus precautions. Pyongyang has not confirmed a single case of the deadly disease that swept the world after first emerging in...

A teacher teaches a class at Hasin Primary School in Sosong District in Pyongyang following the re-opening of schools on June 3, 2020. — AFP pic

The new school term was originally scheduled to start in early April but was repeatedly postponed. Some universities and high schools were allowed to resume classes in mid-April. At an elementary school in Pyongyang pupils wearing backpacks had their temperatures checked as they arrived for lessons.

 

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