Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae told a news briefing in capital Seoul that high school students will be first to resume classes on May 13, Yonahp news agency reported.<\/p>\n
“Starting on May 20, which is two weeks after key holidays in May, we will push to [reopen schools] in a phased and sequential process,” he said.<\/p>\n
The step was taken after slowdown in spread of the deadly infection led authorities to announce further relaxation of anti-COVID-19 restrictions from Wednesday.<\/p>\n
South Korea had shifted to online classes since early April to avoid spread of the infection. The academic year normally begins in March but was delayed due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n
Authorities are mulling to end the 45-day social distancing measures and resuming normal life.<\/p>\n
It was after 72 days on April 30 that South Korea reported no local infection. Similarly, no case was registered on Saturday and Sunday, the health officials added.<\/p>\n
The anti-COVID-19 measures also affected the South Korean markets as people reduced purchases.<\/p>\n
It led to slowdown in the country\u2019s inflation to a six-month low in April, Yonhap data showed.<\/p>\n
The nation’s inflation fell 0.6% month-on-month, the data showed.<\/p>\n
Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that eight more imported cases of the deadly infection were reported.<\/p>\n
The country\u2019s total number of confirmed cases rose to 10,801. Two more patients died due to the illness raising toll to 252.<\/p>\n
Some 9,217 coronavirus patients have recovered making up 85% of the total number of infected persons. The country has conducted 633,921 tests since Jan 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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