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• Thursday, June 29th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Uruguay: School winter recess stretched, brought forward due to viruses

  

  Uruguayan authorities finally decided Wednesday that primary school pupils will have a two-week winter recess between July 3 and July 14 in a move to curb the contagion of respiratory diseases that have caused at least two deaths so far, it was reported in Montevideo. Plans to hold online classes that had been evaluated earlier this week have been dropped.

• Wednesday, June 28th 2023 - 10:05 UTC

  Uruguayan pupils return to virtual classes due to respiratory infections

  

  Uruguayan authorities Tuesday decided that, effective July 3, schooling nationwide will be online for the next two weeks before winter break, due to the increase of respiratory infections “in the general population and especially in children,” it was reported in Montevideo.