Shanghai to reopen all schools on September 1 with daily COVID tests

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SHANGHAI — China’s financial hub of Shanghai announced on Sunday that it will reopen all primary, middle and high schools, kindergartens and nurseries on September 1 after months of COVID-19-related 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 released by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission.

Shanghai closed all schools in mid-March ahead of the city’s two-month lockdown to combat its worst COVID outbreak in April and May. (Reporting by Zhang Yan and Brenda Goh; Editing by William Mallard)