The longest holiday: parents coping with coronavirus school closures in east Asia
In a bid to stem spread of the virus, schools in Hong Kong, China and Japan have been shut for weeks
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“It’s been a long holiday,” laughs Hong Kong insurance worker and mother, Sarah Wong.
Wong and her two daughters, Chloe and Greeta, are at a co-working space in Jordan, Kowloon. Chloe has set her desk up like home, with an iPad, her own lamp, and an aromatherapy diffuser. The girls, aged 12 and eight, are listening to online lessons from their school which has been closed because of the coronavirus.
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