Shanghai to reopen schools as Premier Li warns of Covid-19's economic toll

Schools in Shanghai were last open on March 12, 2022. - AFP

SHANGHAI (Bloomberg): Shanghai will reopen some schools after a three-month shutdown as infections ebb, while attention shifts to a simmering outbreak in Beijing that underscores the relentless strain of the country’s adherence to Covid Zero.

Shanghai will allow some high school classes to resume in-person from June 6 and June 13, depending on the grade, while all other students will continue online learning until the end of the semester, Yang Zhenfeng, an official with Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, said Thursday (May 26). It’s the first time students will be back in schools since March 12.