China Beijing Anxious About COVID-19 Ahead of September School Reopening
600,000 University Students Flowing into Beijing from Across China
Self-Temperature Checks for Two Weeks Ahead of Elementary, Middle, and High School Attendance
[Asia Economy Beijing=Special Correspondent Jo Young-shin] Ahead of the new school semester in September, China’s epidemic prevention and education authorities are on high alert.
Xinhua News Agency reported on the 24th that with major universities in Beijing starting classes simultaneously in early next month, a total of 600,000 university students will be moving to Beijing from all over China.
Xinhua forecasted that the influx of students into Beijing will peak during the last week of August and the first week of September. The newspaper also reported that currently, 3,000 to 5,000 university students enter Beijing daily.
The newspaper predicted that about 200,000 university students will return to Beijing for classes this week, and on the 6th of next month alone, 50,000 students will enter Beijing at once.
Song Laixin (宋來新), Deputy Secretary of Beijing University of Chemical Technology, said, "From August 15 to 20, 15,000 students registered ahead of the semester," adding, "Many students will enter Beijing this week and next week."
The problem is the prevention of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). With over 600,000 people entering Beijing from all over China within one to two weeks, China’s epidemic prevention and education authorities are deeply concerned.
China’s epidemic prevention authorities have made it mandatory for not only university students but also elementary, middle, and high school students about to start school to undergo fever checks for two weeks. The fever check records for two weeks must be submitted to the school before attending classes.
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They are also urging people to refrain from visiting areas outside Beijing. If a student has visited areas outside Beijing within two weeks, they must undergo a COVID-19 test within seven days before attending school and submit a negative test certificate to the school.
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