Beijing suspends class resumption after new COVID-19 cases

Source: Xinhua| 2020-06-12 18:03:23|Editor: huaxia

Fourth-graders attend a class at Yangfangdian central primary school in Haidian District of Beijing, capital of China, June 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)

BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Beijing on Friday suspended the class resumption for primary schools' lower graders after three new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in the capital city over the past two days.

According to the Beijing Municipal Education Commission, the decision was made in line with the changing situation of the city's epidemic prevention and control.

Around 520,000 students in the first, second and third grades in Beijing's primary schools were scheduled to return to campus on June 15, the commission said on Tuesday.

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