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South Korean students forced online as global virus crisis deepens

A worker sprays disinfectant in a classroom at a high school in Seoul

Millions of South Korean students were ordered back to online classes Tuesday and Mexico launched a nationwide televised schooling programme, highlighting the deepening crisis for children as the coronavirus pandemic drags into a ninth month.

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