Seoul City to Promote Support of Self-Test Kits for Elementary, Middle, and High School Students
[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] The Seoul Metropolitan Government is promoting a plan to distribute free COVID-19 self-test kits to elementary, middle, and high school students.
According to Seoul City on the 17th, the city recently proposed to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education a plan to regularly provide self-test kits to households with children in elementary, middle, and high schools. This measure follows the Ministry of Education's policy allowing in-person classes to continue under social distancing level 4 starting from the second semester.
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Seoul City is reportedly considering that, given the practical difficulties of conducting PCR tests for all students attending school, simple self-test kits could be a reasonable alternative.
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