Millions Of Vietnamese Students Adapts To New Normal After Schools Reopen

Millions of Vietnamese students have returned to schools on Monday, May 4, after an over three-month break due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to CNN, the majority of the country’s 22 million students have returned to their classes after the coronavirus lockdown has been lifted.

But as expected by many, the schools are having a hard time keeping the recommended 1-meter distance among learners while trying to address the “shortage of teachers and classrooms.”

The schools have rearranged desks while others had to consider dividing classes into smaller ones.

Educational institutions are also asked to sterilize campuses, provide soap and antiseptic hand washes for students, leave windows open and minimize the use of air conditioners.

“We have hand sanitizers available in many places. The students are scanned for temperatures at the gate when they enter the school and when they are in the classrooms and their health is recorded,” teacher Dinh Bich Hien said. 

On the other hand, students are required to wear a mask and wash their hands with sanitizer among measures to minimize the risks of an outbreak.

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All educational institutions in Vietnam were closed at the beginning of February when the first infections of the new coronavirus were reported in the country and teaching activities were moved online. 

Last month, the country imposed travel restrictions and closed businesses for three weeks to contain the spread of the virus.

As of May 4, Vietnam’s Ministry of Health confirmed a total of 271 cases of COVID-19, 219 of the affected patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals.

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Source: Vietnam  News