Two students act in the flag raising ceremony at Yangfangdian central primary school in Haidian District of Beijing, capital of China, June 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
More students returned to schools in Beijing and other provinces on Monday for the first time in this semester.
BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Students in several parts of China returned to schools on Monday as the COVID-19 epidemic continues to wane in the country.
Students in their fourth and fifth grades at primary schools in Beijing on Monday returned to school for the first time in this semester.
Fifth-graders attend a national flag raising ceremony at the classroom of Yangfangdian central primary school in Haidian District of Beijing, capital of China, June 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
Fourth-graders attend a physical education class at Yangfangdian central primary school in Haidian District of Beijing, capital of China, June 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
At the same time, more than 7,600 students in their final year from senior high schools returned to campus Monday in Jilin, a city previously hit by the COVID-19 epidemic in northeast China's Jilin Province.
To ensure safe class resumption, the Jilin municipal bureau of education had completed between May 30 and June 7 free nucleic acid testing for a total of 22,579 people including final-year senior high school teachers, students, and those who live together with them. All of them tested negative for the coronavirus.
Three districts in the city of Jilin have been classified as low-risk areas of COVID-19 starting from Sunday as the epidemic wanes.
Students enter the campus of Yuwen high school in Jilin, northeast China's Jilin Province, June 8, 2020. (Photo by Yan Linyun/Xinhua)
A teacher hands out exam papers to students at Yuwen high school in Jilin, northeast China's Jilin Province, June 8, 2020. (Photo by Yan Linyun/Xinhua)
Except for Beijing and Jilin, several provinces including Hebei, Liaoning, Shandong, and Shaanxi also resumed classes or reopened kindergartens on a certain basis on Monday.
Students wash their hands at the No.2 primary school of Dachang Hui Autonomous County of north China's Hebei Province, June 8, 2020. Students in their fourth and fifth grades at primary schools in Hebei returned to school on Monday. (Xinhua/Li Xiaoguo)
Students have their body temperature checked as they return to campus at the No.2 primary school of Dachang Hui Autonomous County of north China's Hebei Province, June 8, 2020. Students in their fourth and fifth grades at primary schools in Hebei returned to school on Monday. (Xinhua/Li Xiaoguo)
Students take the first class of the new term at Tonghui primary school in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, June 8, 2020. Students in their third, fourth and fifth grades at primary schools in Shenyang returned to school on Monday. (Xinhua/Long Lei)
Kids take a lesson as a kindergarten reopens in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, June 8, 2020. Kindergartens in Jinan reopened on Monday under COVID-19 prevention and control measures. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)
A child washes hands before having breakfast at a kindergarten in Weiyang District of Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, June 8, 2020. Xi'an has reopened kindergartens with opening qualifications since Monday under voluntary returning principle. (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen)■
