‘New normal’ anything but as countries continue to reopen

BANGKOK (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of high school seniors in South Korea had their temperature checked and rubbed their hands with sanitizer as they returned to school Wednesday, many for the first time since late last year after their new term was repeatedly pushed back by the coronavirus pandemic. Students and teachers were required to wear masks and some schools installed plastic partitions around desks. In a reminder that the so-called…