It seems the world is slowly starting to witness a sense of normalcy for the first time in almost two months. As the coronavirus curve flattens across Europe, various countries are slowly lifting lockdown restrictions and starting to go back to ‘normal’ lives albeit with restrictions and strict social distancing guidelines. In some countries, children have been attending school for weeks, while others are just starting to figure out the new protocols for keeping students and faculty safe. Here’s a photo journey.
Pupils returned to the classrooms
at Basisschool De Valke in Lichtervelde Belgium.
A staff member sanitises a student’s hands at Flemish Secondary School before they enter school, in Brussels.
A teacher wears a mask in class while kids
plactise social distancing at Olfa Elsdonk primary school in Edegem, Antwerp in Belgium.
Teacher Frederique Boisyvon wearing a face mask teaches students, in a school, in Chasne sur Illet, western France. Authorities say over eighty per cent of preschools and primary schools are reopening in France this week.
Students observing social distancing rules listen to their teacher at the Saint Germain de Charonne school in Paris.
Students keep distance before entering Eestinkallio primary school, as it re-opens after the lockdown due to the new coronavirus pandemic in Espoo, Finland.
Medical workers take a swab sample from students to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus as senior… Read More
Medical workers take a swab sample from students to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus as senior students prepare to return to school in Wuhan in China’s central Hubei province. China, the first nation to put a large number of its citizens under lockdown and the first to ease those restrictions, has been strictly guarding against any resurgence.
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A student has her hands sanitised in the schoolyard, as schools begin to reopen their doors amid the coronavirus outbreak, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada.
Kids sit in 'boxes' to maintain distance in the school playground. Images from schools in France hin… Read MoreKids sit in ‘boxes’ to maintain distance in the school playground. Images from schools in France hint towards a dystopian future. As schools in France reopen, authorities have come up with ways to maintain social distancing among students. This shows how children are being ‘boxed-in’ to maintain distance from each other.
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Pupils sitting behind partitions made of plexiglass attend a class at a primary school in Den Bosch, Netherlands. According to a Reuters report, staff in Springplank school in the Dutch city of Den Bosch, have installed plastic shields around students’ desks and disinfectant gel dispensers at the doorways as part of post lockdown preparations.
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