Should Schools Close to Fight Virus? These Places Say No

  • Singapore, Sweden cite research that children are at less risk
  • Anxiety mounts as teachers, parents worry about contagion
Students enter the Taipei American school in Taipei on March 18.Photographer: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
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As the coronavirus has made its way around the world, more than 160 countries have closed schools. Nearly 90% of the world’s student population is now out of class.

In Singapore, Australia, Sweden and Taiwan -- and a few states in the U.S. -- school is still in.