World Coronavirus Dispatch: Students across globe returning to classrooms

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From Wuhan to London to Tel Aviv and many places in between, students are returning to classrooms this week after months of staying home in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Many countries see the return as imperative to jump-starting economies devastated by the pandemic. Schools are requiring precautions like wearing masks, washing hands, checking temperatures and keeping children in social bubbles. In Wuhan, the original centre of the pandemic, more than 2,840 primary and secondary schools, serving nearly 1.4 million students, reopened on Tuesday. Read more here

Let’s look at the global statistics:

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