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A student at one preschool in Seoul’s Guro District holds up a rapid antigen COVID-19 test kit that was passed out by their teacher on Tuesday. (pool photo)

With the help of 11 local education offices, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education distributed rapid antigen COVID-19 home test kits to preschools in its school district.

The Ministry of Education recently announced additional disease control support plans for the upcoming school year, starting during the peak of the Omicron wave, that included distributing COVID-19 test kits to K-12 students. The ministry is recommending that students test themselves for COVID at home the day before the new school year starts.

We’ve gathered some photos from a preschool in Seoul, where teachers helped distribute and explain the test kits to students.

A staff member at the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education checks a box of COVID-19 home tests. (Kim Myoung-jin/The Hankyoreh)

A teacher at a preschool in Seoul’s Guro District explains the COVID-19 test kit to her students on Tuesday. (pool photo)

Students at a preschool in Seoul’s Guro District take turns picking up rapid antigen COVID-19 test kits Tuesday. (pool photo)

A student at one preschool in Seoul’s Guro District holds up a rapid antigen COVID-19 test kit that was passed out by their teacher on Tuesday. (pool photo)

By Yoon Woon-sik, senior staff writer

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