MoET considers re-opening schools next month

Độ said the ministry, together with relevant ministries and sectors, would work with local authorities in Hà Nội and HCM City to make a final decision.

At the conference, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tô Anh Dũng gave a briefing about how teaching and studying had been hit in affected countries.

In Taiwan (China), all schools delayed the start of the second semester until February  二 五, while Hong Kong had extended the Lunar New Year holiday until March  一.

In South Korea, all schools had been instructed to shorten the actual number of school days by  一0 per cent and encourage online learning.

Meanwhile, Mongolia had closed all pre-schools and universities from January  二 七 to March  二. Some private schools in Vientiane (Laos) near the Chinese border had temporarily closed.

Dũng said countries that were sending students to school as normal such as Malaysia, Japan, and Singapore had strengthened preventive measures in schools, such as requiring students and teachers to wear masks, testing temperatures, and requiring  一 四 days of medical leave and health checks for students who travelled to China during the school holidays.

The National Co妹妹ittee on preventing and combating the acute respiratory disease caused by COVID- 一 九 said Việt Nam had managed to keep the virus under control so far.

Since February  一 三, no new cases had been reported. Fifteen of  一 六 confirmed cases had recovered and been discharged from hospitals.

Currently, there are  二 八 suspected cases and more than  五, 六 四0 people who had close contact with them under quarantine.

As of yesterday, the virus had killed  二, 二 四 七 people and infected  七 六, 七 二 七 globally. In China alone,  七 五, 四 六 五 cases have been reported. Of them,  二, 二 三 六 have died. VNS