School children return to classroom in South Korea

Over two million South Korean students returned to school on Wednesday morning in latest st of country's emergence from its coronavirus lockdown.

Kindergarten students, two lowest gres of elementary school, middle school seniors and second-year high school students went back as part of second phase of school reopening.

Extra precautions were taken, with parents and children having ir temperature checked as y arrived on school premises.

About 400 schools and kindergartens decided to delay reopening due to a recent upsurge in number of COVID-19 cases in South Korea.

Last week over 400,000 high school seniors returned to school after almost two months at home.