Some 57,000 students in Wuhan are returning to school today for the first time since a strict 76-day lockdown in the city was lifted
Some 57,000 students in Wuhan, the Chinese city where COVID-19 was first reported, are returning to school today for the first time since a strict 76-day lockdown in the city was lifted.AFP via Getty ImagesNot all students are back in the classroom—just senior students preparing for the national college entrance exam. It is not known when junior and middle school students will return.
Images show students observing social distancing measures and queueing up to enter the classroom while wearing face masks. The move is the latest sign that life in the hardest-hit Chinese city is returning to some semblance of normal life. Still, authorities appear to be taking precautions, as start times have been staggered, desks have been spaced out, class sizes are smaller and students have their temperature taken on their way in, according toWuhan, the first major coronavirus cluster, lifted its stringent lockdown of 11 million people on April 8, 2020, after 76 days, meaning internal travel restrictions were eased and healthy residents could now leave the city, which is the capital of Hubei Province.
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In Pictures: Wuhan Welcomes 57,000 Students Back To School For The First Time Since Lockdown EndedI am a breaking news reporter for Forbes in London, covering Europe and the U.S. Previously I was a news reporter for HuffPost UK, the Press Association and a night reporter at the Guardian. I studied Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics, where I was a writer and editor for one of the university’s global affairs magazines, the London Globalist. That led me to Goldsmiths, University of London, where I completed my M.A. in Journalism. Got a story? Get in touch at isabel.togohforbes.com, or follow me on Twitter bissieness. I look forward to hearing from you.
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