Children's studies are in crisis as pandemic heads into its ninth month

South Korean students forced to study online as global novel coronavirus crisis deepens. Photo: AFP Relaxnews

Millions of South Korean students were ordered back to online classes Tuesday and Mexico launched a nationwide televised schooling programme, highlighting the deepening crisis for children as the coronavirus pandemic drags into a ninth month.

The school closures were part of new measures in many parts of the to halt the disease that has killed more than 813,000 people and infected over 23 million, according to an AFP tally.