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Seoul, Dec 3 (EFE/EPA).- Half a million South Koreans are taking the university entrance exam on Thursday amid unprecedented measures to prevent COVID-19 infections and to allow even infected students to take the test.About 490,000 high school seniors, graduates and others have applied to take the exam this year, including 35 who have tested positive for COVID-19 and 404 who are in self-quarantine due to close contact with infected people, according to data from the South Korean government, which has implemented measures so that everyone, without exception, can sit the exam. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN). SHOT LIST: EXAMINEES OF THE STATE-ADMINISTRATED SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST ARRIVES IN FRONT OF THE EWHA GIRLS' FOREIGN LANGUAGE HIGH SCHOOL AND PARENTS CHEER IN FRONT OF THE EWHA GIRLS' FOREIGN LANGUAGE HIGH SCHOOL IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.

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