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		</div><p>South Korea’s government has defended its decision to reopen schools despite health risks posed by a resurgence in Covid-19 cases.</p>
<p>The figure of 49 new cases announced by the Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention brought national totals to 11,590 cases and 273 deaths.</p>
<p>All but one of the new cases were reported from the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area, where hundreds of infections have been linked to entertainment venues, church gatherings and a massive e-commerce warehouse.</p>
<p>Mayors and governors in the greater capital area have shut thousands of nightclubs, hostess bars, karaoke rooms, churches and wedding halls to slow the spread of the virus.</p>
<p>Some entertainment venues in Seoul, Incheon and Daejeon began collecting the personal details of their customers through smartphone QR codes this week so they could be located easily when needed, a requirement that will be expanded nationwide on June 10.</p>
<p>Despite the spike in transmissions, the government has been pushing ahead with a phased reopening of schools, which began with high-school seniors on May 20.</p>
<p>Class openings were planned Wednesday for nearly 1.8 million children, high-school starters, middle-school juniors and third- and fourth-grade elementary kids.</p>
<p>The Education Ministry could not immediately confirm how many schools had to delay their openings because of virus concerns.</p>
<p>But it said that 519 schools so far have been forced to go back to remote learning.</p>
<p>Keeping schools closed would have been a difficult political decision in a country where teenagers are thrown into hyper-competitive school environments because graduating from elite universities is seen as crucial to career prospects.</p>
<p>But some critics say that would have been the right decision for public health interests and that officials are risking the safety of children and their families.</p>
<p>Premier Chung Sye-kyun said that the country kept schools open even during the 1950-53 Korean War.</p>
<p>“I believe that we cannot fail the dreams and future of our children because of the current difficulties,” Mr Chung said during a virus meeting.</p>
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