Coronavirus: Shanghai defers annual college entrance exams to July as city continues to battle latest Covid-19 outbreak
- The exams, known as gaokao, will now be conducted from July 7 to 9, a month behind the original schedule
- Entrance exams to middle school in Shanghai have also been delayed for a month to July 18 and 19
“After carefully assessing the current situation amid the coronavirus outbreak, we’ve made the decision to defer the exams after receiving approval from the Ministry of Education,” Chen said. He also indicated that the municipal government would unveil a time frame for reopening schools once the pandemic has been contained.
The announcement comes after daily new Covid-19 cases in Shanghai decreased for the 14th consecutive day, down 1.3 per cent to 4,214 over the past 24 hours, according to official data released on Saturday. Symptomatic cases rose to 253 from 245 a day earlier, while 13 patients have died.
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China reported 4,620 positive cases on Saturday, with most cases in Shanghai. Meanwhile, 53 positive cases were reported in Beijing, which is struggling to contain the spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant.
Chinese high school students who want to enter colleges in the United States or Europe are also affected by the latest Covid-19 disruptions.