Asia Today: Cambodia reopens schools after virus shutdown

 Indepent-UK, Nov. 2, 2020

Schools in Cambodia have opened for the first time since March, but class sizes and hours are limited as a coronavirus precaution

Schools in Cambodia opened on Monday for the first time since March, but class sizes and hours were limited as a coronavirus precaution.

Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron said schools might have to be reclosed if any students become infected while attending classes. He said students and teachers must observe safety measures because the virus is still raging in Europe and the United States and a vaccine is not yet available.

Some schools in the capital, Phnom Penh and parts of eastern Cambodia opened last month in a trial phase, and Hang Chuon Naron said the good results prompted the nationwide reopenings.

"As the government has controlled the COVID situation very well, we have seen that in Cambodia the number of cases has not increased, and especially the border control is every effective,” he told reporters at a school in Phnom Penh.

In full: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/asia-today-cambodia-reopens-schools-after-virus-shutdown-cambodia-phnom-penh-schools-schools-class-sizes-b1533881.html

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