MEXICO CITY — Schoolchildren will return to classrooms in the Mexican capital next month, authorities said Wednesday, in the latest easing of pandemic restrictions following a steady decline in new coronavirus cases.
Face-to-face classes have been suspended since March 2020 across most of Mexico, which has one of the highest Covid-19 death tolls in the world.
Mexico City’s 1.5 million schoolchildren will return to classrooms from June 7 on a voluntary basis, said Luis Humberto Fernandez, an educational authority official in the capital.
The move “will be a very important factor in reducing school dropouts,” he said.
By the end of this week, all teaching staff will have …
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