SHANGHAI – Beijing’s education commission said on Saturday all primary and secondary school students in the capital can to return to in-person classes from Monday, as COVID-19 cases have receded in recent days. ADVERTISEMENTBeijing shut its schools in early May and asked students to move to online learning amid a spike in locally transmitted COVID cases. Senior year students at middle and high schools were allowed to return to classrooms from June 2. The efforts have brought cases down but have taken a heavy toll on the country’s economy. Shanghai, which endured a two-month lockdown that was lifted on June 1, on Saturday reported no new local cases – both symptomatic and asymptomatic – for the first time since Feb. 23.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 25, 2022 05:45 UTC