One day after Chaoyang District’s mandatory Covid testing was announced the news has already begun affecting the last few days of this school year for students.
On Mon, Apr 25, Beijing City International School (BCIS) moved its classes online due to its close proximity to the new restricted area in and around Shuangjing.
Yesterday, Apr 26, two primary schools in Haidian District sent all their students and staff home for 14 days of home quarantine + an additional 7 days of health observation following the discovery that some students are identified as close contact cases. These identified close contact students have been sent to a gymnasium in Changping District where they were allowed to be accompanied by one parent.
Presumably, these kids will be kept and tested at the designated center until they’re cleared for home quarantine, similar to what happened in Wangjing a few weeks ago.
Yesterday, Apr 26, Yew Chung International School of Beijing (YCIS Beijing) reported that a student had visited a location where a confirmed case had visited hours prior. The school issued the following statement to faculty and families. It states that the school will conduct campus-wide testing before releasing students to go home for the day, and that the school will switch to online learning starting Wed, Apr 27.
The international schools in Beijing that are still holding on-campus, offline classes are abiding by the district’s strict testing policy.
This morning (Apr 27) Beijing Youth Daily reported that effective immediately, all primary and secondary schools in Tongzhou District will be closed.
To keep yourself updated with the latest Covid related information, be sure you’re getting your information from proper sources. True Run Media’s founder, Mike Wester, started the first Safe & Sane WeChat group back in 2020, and since then the Safe & Sane network has been helping the Beijing English-speaking community do just that – stay safe and sane.
There’s daily information on the latest Covid numbers in Beijing, and you’ll be able to ask Covid-related questions of other members of the group. Just add TBJButler on WeChat and request to be added to one of the Safe & Sane groups.
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