Schools are reopening for the first time since March in Kosovo, Pakistan, Romania, and other countries, with students and staff taking precautions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Back To School Amid The COVID-19 Pandemic
- By RFE/RL
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Alegra Bajrami (left), wearing a face mask to protect against the coronavirus, enters a schoolyard on the first day of the new academic year in Kosovo's capital, Pristina. Kosovar schools reopened on September 14 for the first time since March when the COVID-19 crisis began.
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An elementary-school student wearing a face mask passes through a disinfection tunnel on the first day of school in Pristina. Kosovo's government postponed the start of the school year for two weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Elementary-school students wearing face masks keep their distance on the first day of school in Pristina, Kosovo.
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A woman and a girl wearing protective face masks chat as they gather with teachers, parents, and other children in front of a school in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, on September 14 as classes started again after the summer break. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, most of Romania's schools reopened with students alternating between classroom learning and remote education.
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Children rush through the corridor toward their classroom after passing medical checks during the first day of school at the George Enescu National College of Music in Bucharest, Romania, on September 14.
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A health worker shows a little girl how to use a hand sanitizer during the first day of school at the George Enescu National College of Music in Bucharest, Romania, on September 14.
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Children during the first day back at school in Romania.
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High school students social distance on the first day of the new academic year in Drama, Greece, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools reopened on September 14 amid concerns over a new spike in infections along with resistance by some parents to a regulation stipulating that all children and adults must wear protective face masks.
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The first day of school in Bucharest, Romania, on September 14.
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A staff member checks the body temperature of students at the entrance to the Islamabad Model College of Commerce for Girls on September 15 after educational institutions were reopened nearly six months after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A worker sprays disinfectant in a classroom at a private school in Karachi, Pakistan, on September 14 following a government announcement that educational institutions would be reopening nearly six months after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A teacher puts up a sign in a government school in Karachi following the announcement that educational institutions would reopen, starting from September 15, after nearly six months under lockdown.
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A student wearing a face mask and gloves takes part in an assembly at a school in Karachi, Pakistan, on September 15 after educational institutions reopened.
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A student wearing a face shield waits to enter school during the first day back after the summer break at the George Enescu National College of Music in Bucharest, Romania, on September 14.
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A teacher undergoes a body-temperature scan as she arrives for the start of the school year at the Luigi Einaudi High School in Rome, during the the COVID-19 pandemic on September 14.
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Students wearing face masks take part in an assembly at a school in Karachi, Pakistan.
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Students wearing face masks attend a class at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, on September 15.
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A pupil wearing a face shield arrives at a primary school on the first day of class of the new academic year in the Greek capital, Athens, on September 14.
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A drawing hangs from a blackboard during the first day of school at the George Enescu National College of Music in Bucharest on September 14.
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A teacher leads her class toward a medical checkpoint before entering classrooms during the first day of school at the George Enescu National College of Music in Bucharest.
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A father with his son wearing a protective face mask wait on September 14 in front of a school in Bucharest, Romania, where classes started again after the summer break.
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The beginning of the new school year at the Grigore Moisil High School in Lasi, Romania, on September 14.
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Elementary-school students wearing face masks keep their distance on the first day of school in Pristina, Kosovo.
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Social distancing between students and teachers in the yard of a school in Brasov, Romania, on September 14.
