SHANGHAI: Chinese city Wuhan will reopen all its schools and kindergartens from next week.
The local government announced that as many as 2,842 educational institutions across Wuhan will reopen their doors to almost 1.4 million students when the autumn semester gets underway.
The city said it has drawn up emergency plans to switch back to online teaching should risk levels change. It advised students to wear masks to and from school and avoid public transportation if possible.
Schools have been ordered to stock up on disease control equipment and to carry out drills and training sessions to help prepare for new outbreaks. They must also restrict unnecessary mass gatherings, and submit daily reports to health authorities.
The authorities said that the foreign students and teachers who have not received notice from their school will not be allowed to return.
The central Chinese city, where the COVID-19 epidemic is believed to have originated, was locked down for more than two months from late January. The city’s death toll of 3,869 accounts for more than 80 percent of China’s total.
China alerted the WHO to cases of unusual pneumonia in Wuhan on 31st December. COVID-19 is thought to have originated in a seafood market where wildlife was sold illegally.
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