지역감염 우려에 문닫은 학교 277곳 늘어...총 838곳<br /><br />As community infections continue to spread throughout South Korea,... mostly in the metropolitan areas,... more than 800 schools and kindergartens have now delayed the re-opening of classes.<br />This includes more than 280 in Bucheon, west of Seoul,... where the e-commerce logistics center cluster infection is located.<br />Lee Seung-jae reports.<br />This is Yeouido High School in Seoul.<br />Usually bustling with students,... but today there are none in sight.<br />This is because an instructor at a nearby cram school was confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19.<br />Seven other schools in the area also closed,... and quarantine authorities moved in to disinfect the schools.<br />Another middle school in Seoul has closed,... after one of its students was found to have been infected by a family member who worked at the e-commerce logistics center in Bucheon, just west of Seoul.<br />As a result of these sporadic community infections,... 838 schools and kindergartens are now closed,... and their re-opening will be delayed.<br />By region,... Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do Province,... where the Coupang logistics center is located,... has the largest number of closed schools at 251,... followed by 243 in Incheon,.... 182 in Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province,... and 117 in Seoul.<br />In particular, 284 schools in Bucheon, Incheon's Bupyeong-gu District and Gyeyang-gu Districts have been closed due to the cluster infection at the logistics center.<br />"Using a new method of alternating between both remote and in-school classes, we will adjust the number of students in school, in order to minimize density."<br />On Wednesday,... with the second phase of the re-opening of schools and kindergartens,... the attendance rate was almost 90-and-a-half percent.<br />However, that number will surely drop significantly,... as more parents opt to keep their kids at home due to the reemergence of cluster infections around the nation.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.<br />
