[National Post]Face masks and screens: What a return to school looks like around the world, in pictures

" [ad_1]\r\n Article content Plans are being made across Canada for how to safely send students back to school in the fall as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. But other countries have already reopened schools. Here\u2019s what a return to the classroom looks like around the world, in pictures. More On This Topic THAILAND Thai students wear face masks and sit at desks with plastic screens used for social distancing at the Wat Khlong Toey School on Aug. 10, 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand. Lauren DeCicca \/ Getty Images Thai kindergarteners wear face masks and wash their hands at the Wat Khlong Toey School on Aug. 10, 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand. Lauren DeCicca \/ Getty Images NIGERIA A student sanitizes his hands on resumption of studies at Access International Schools, in Magboro, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, on Aug. 4, 2020. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI\/AFP via Getty Images A health worker checks the temperature with an infrared thermometer of students queueing and keeping distances on resumption of studies at Access International Schools, in Magboro, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, on Aug. 4, 2020. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI\/AFP via Getty Images Students wear protective face masks and keep distances in a class on resumption of studies at Access International Schools, in Magboro, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, on Aug. 4, 2020. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI\/AFP via Getty Images COLOMBIA A teacher gives a class to a girl at home in Cali, Colombia, on Aug. 4, 2020. The \u201cteacher at home\u201d modality implemented by a local kindergarten seeks to help children keep in touch with teachers and reduce the emotional impact due to isolation. LUIS ROBAYO\/AFP via Getty Images INDONESIA A maintenance worker wearing a protective mask and face shield uses ultraviolet light to sanitize a classroom at Nassa School in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia, on Friday, July 24, 2020. Dimas Ardian \/ Bloomberg Teachers and pupils take part on a face-to-face class session using plastic barriers to maintain social distancing at a kindergarten in Semarang, Central Java province, Indonesia, July 22, 2020. Stringer \/ Reuters A teacher wearing a face shield and protective mask talks with her pupil through a plastic barrier as she visits her pupil at their house to evaluate their online class-session amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Semarang, Central Java province, Indonesia, July 22, 2020. Stringer \/ REUTERS KASHMIR A teacher gives hand sanitizer to his student at their open-air school situated on top of a mountain in Doodhpathri, Indian-administered Kashmir, on July 28, 2020. TAUSEEF MUSTAFA\/AFP via Getty Images GERMANY Children sit for the first day of classes of the new school year at the GuthsMuths elementary school as the teacher explains them the new rules during the coronavirus pandemic on Aug. 10, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. Maja Hitij\/Getty Images MYANMAR Students seen through a plastic curtain placed on a doorway attending classes during the first day of reopening of public high schools following closure due to the COVID-19 coronavirus in Yangon, Myanmar on July 21, 2020. Sai Aung Main \/ AFP Students wearing masks and face shields attend classes with social distance measure during the first day of reopening of public high schools following closure due to the COVID-19 coronavirus in Yangon, Myanmar on July 21, 2020. Sai Aung Main \/ AFP SCOTLAND Pupils return to St Paul\u2019s High School for the first time since the start of the coronavirus lockdown nearly five months ago on Aug. 12, 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland. Jeff J Mitchell\/Getty Images BRAZIL A teacher hands a sanitized book to a student\u00a0during the first day back to school amidst the coronavirus pandemic at the Arvense School on August 06, 2020 in Brasilia, Brazil. Andressa Anholete\/Getty Images A sanitation worker disinfects a classroom of a public school on July 21, 2020 in Brasilia, Brazil. Andressa Anholete\/Getty Images WEST BANK A Palestinian teacher addresses high school students as they return to class for the new academic year while respecting protective measure amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Aug. 10, 2020. HAZEM BADER\/AFP via Getty Images SRI LANKA Students wearing protective face masks practice keeping a one metre distance while listening to their class teacher on the first day at Vidyakara college, which re-opened after almost two months of lockdown in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 6, 2020. Dinuka Liyanawatte \/ Reuters HAITI Seniors of the Lycee Petion-ville conduct their own remedial lesson on Aug. 6, 2020, in the Petion-ville Commune of Port-au-Prince, having been unable to benefit from distance learning during the months of confinement like students from some wealthier schools. PIERRE MICHEL JEAN\/AFP via Getty Images CHINA Senior students study in a classroom with transparent boards placed on each desk to separate each other as a precautionary measure against the spread of COVID-19 at Wuhan No. 23 Middle School on May 6, 2020 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. Getty Images This photo taken on May 20, 2020 shows elementary school students wearing wings to maintain social distancing in Taiyuan in China\u2019s northern Shanxi province. STR\/AFP via Getty Images \r\n [ad_2]\r\n Source link "

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