Approaching 9,000 medical school students applying for ”valid leave of absence”... 361 people applied yesterday (21st) = South Korea

The South Korean Ministry of Education (Ministry corresponds to the Ministry) tallied the current status of medical school students' requests for leave of absence, and found that the cumulative number of requests for leave of absence as of yesterday (21st) was approaching 9,000. This is 47.6 for all medical school students.
% level. According to the Ministry of Education on the 22nd, as of 6pm yesterday, 361 medical students from eight schools had newly submitted notifications for leave of absence. This is a "valid leave of absence notification" that meets application conditions such as parental consent.
This is the result of counting only those. No students withdrew their leave of absence notifications yesterday. A cumulative total of 8,951 notifications of leave of absence have been filed since the Ministry of Education started counting on the 19th of last month.
(3 people) accounted for 47.6%. It has been confirmed that medical students are being refused admission at eight schools. The Ministry of Education stated, ``As a result of checking with 40 universities, alliance leave of absence is not permitted,'' and ``There are no students refusing to attend.
"The cases have been confirmed at eight universities, and these schools are making efforts to normalize academic operations, including student interviews and explanations." The Ministry of Education also stated, ``While requesting universities to strictly manage academic affairs,
We once again request that permission be granted for certain alliance leave of absences."