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.
Beijing 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.
Participation should be limited to 75% of normal capacity and participants should show a negative COVID test taken within the last 72 hours, it also said. Beijing was among several cities in China that implemented curbs to stop of the spread of the Omicron wave during March to May. 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. Shanghai is continuing to conduct mass PCR testing for its 25 million residents every weekend until the end of July and dining indoors remains banned in most of the city.Reporting by Brenda Goh and Ryan Woo; Editing by Edwina Gibbs
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