This Article is From Aug 14, 2022

With Daily Covid Testing, Shanghai To Reopen Schools Next Month

China Covid cases: Shanghai will require all teachers and students to take nucleic acid tests for the coronavirus every day.

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Shanghai shut all schools in mid-March before the city's two-month lockdown to combat Covid.

Shanghai:

China's financial hub Shanghai said on Sunday it will reopen all primary, middle and high schools, kindergartens and nurseries on September 1 after months of COVID-19 closures.

Shanghai will require all teachers and students to take nucleic acid tests for the coronavirus every day before leaving campus, according to a statement published by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission.

Shanghai shut all schools in mid-March before the city's two-month lockdown to combat its worst Covid outbreak in April and May.

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