Prime Minister Kim: "Discussing Plans to Expand School Attendance... Normalizing Schools in the Second Half of the Year"
COVID-19 Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters Meeting
Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum is speaking while presiding over the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters meeting on COVID-19 response at the Government Complex Sejong in Sejong City on the morning of June 2, 2021. Photo by Yonhap News
View original image[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Son Seon-hee] Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum stated on the 2nd, "In the first half of the year, we focused on vaccinating the elderly and high-risk groups, but in the second half, we must start full-scale recovery of daily life beginning with schools," and announced that plans to expand school attendance will be discussed.
On the same day, Prime Minister Kim presided over the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters meeting at the Government Complex Sejong and said, "The normalization of schools means the recovery of our children, who are our future," adding, "From the perspective of 'fairness,' the learning gap and care issues caused by COVID-19 must be urgently resolved."
He also urged, "The Ministry of Education should meticulously prepare from now on to ensure that full attendance is safely implemented from the second semester," and requested, "Especially, cooperate with the quarantine authorities to thoroughly check in advance so that there are no disruptions in the vaccination of teachers at all school levels and university entrance exam candidates starting in July."
Amid the recent acceleration of vaccine administration, Prime Minister Kim said, "The reservation rate for AstraZeneca vaccines among those aged 60 and over has approached 75%," and added, "The Janssen vaccines provided by the United States were fully booked within a day." He expressed gratitude, saying, "This is thanks to the public realizing the importance of vaccination and cooperating."
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Prime Minister Kim earnestly appealed to the elderly who have not yet been vaccinated due to various misunderstandings, saying, "Vaccination is essential to return to an ordinary but precious daily life. Please do not hesitate and make sure to book your vaccination by tomorrow."
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