Coronavirus lockdown: Here's how schools across world are going to reopen

Coronavirus lockdown: Here's how schools across world are going to reopen

Across France, primary school pupils on Tuesday sat at least a metre apart in small classes and listened to teachers in masks on their first day back after two months of home-schooling during the coronavirus lockdown

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Reuters
  • May 16, 2020,
  • Updated May 16, 2020 12:12 PM IST

Public health official Anthony Fauci warned on Tuesday about the dangers to children if U.S. schools are reopened and California's state university system, the largest in the United States, canceled classes for the fall semester. As the U.S. debates when to bring children back into classrooms, phased-in reopenings have begun in numerous countries around the world.

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Here's how schools around the world are trying to protect children as they reopen:

In Cyprus, health workers wearing personal protective equipment tested students for COVID-19 at a school in Nicosia after high schoolers were allowed to return beginning May 11.

In Shanghai, students and staff alike were required to enter the school building via a thermal scanner when school reopened last week after three months of lockdown. The walls are papered with posters on measures to tackle the coronavirus and in the spotlessly clean school canteen, glass walls divide the tables, so only two students can eat together.

It may be more like going to a hospital than a school, but the Shanghai students returning to class after three months of lockdown are thrilled to be there.

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"I feel so excited coming back to school. Usually we look forward to the holidays but suddenly our holidays became so long, 17-year-old Zhang Jiayi told Reuters. "This time, we longed to go back to school, where we can see our friends and teachers."

Also read: Lockdown 4.0 may see gradual reopening of markets, transport; what to expect

Also read: Coronavirus Live Updates: Lockdown 4.0! Home Ministry may announce guidelines today; India's cases-85,940

Public health official Anthony Fauci warned on Tuesday about the dangers to children if U.S. schools are reopened and California's state university system, the largest in the United States, canceled classes for the fall semester. As the U.S. debates when to bring children back into classrooms, phased-in reopenings have begun in numerous countries around the world.

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Here's how schools around the world are trying to protect children as they reopen:

In Cyprus, health workers wearing personal protective equipment tested students for COVID-19 at a school in Nicosia after high schoolers were allowed to return beginning May 11.

In Shanghai, students and staff alike were required to enter the school building via a thermal scanner when school reopened last week after three months of lockdown. The walls are papered with posters on measures to tackle the coronavirus and in the spotlessly clean school canteen, glass walls divide the tables, so only two students can eat together.

It may be more like going to a hospital than a school, but the Shanghai students returning to class after three months of lockdown are thrilled to be there.

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"I feel so excited coming back to school. Usually we look forward to the holidays but suddenly our holidays became so long, 17-year-old Zhang Jiayi told Reuters. "This time, we longed to go back to school, where we can see our friends and teachers."

Also read: Lockdown 4.0 may see gradual reopening of markets, transport; what to expect

Also read: Coronavirus Live Updates: Lockdown 4.0! Home Ministry may announce guidelines today; India's cases-85,940

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