China’s Wuhan to reopen all schools from next week

30th August: China’s Wuhan city is all set to reopen schools from Tuesday.

According to reports from Reuters, Wuhan, the Chinese city hardest hit by the coronavirus, will reopen all its schools and kindergartens on Tuesday, local authorities said.

Around 2,842 educational institutions across the city are set to open their doors to almost 1.4 million students when the autumn semester gets underway, the local government announced.

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The city said that 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.

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They must also restrict unnecessary mass gatherings, and submit daily reports to health authorities.

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% of China’s total.

Wuhan has been steadily returning to normal life since April when the lockdown was lifted, and it has not reported any new local transmissions of the coronavirus since May 18.

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