Content related to the coronavirus pandemic that began in 2019
It appears that priority for returning on campus was given to higher grades, particularly those preparing for examinations. As of now, beijingkids has received the official word from three Shunyi schools regarding their new plans, as outlined in public statements or letters to families.
All 51 of the district’s after-school training centers have been ordered closed, as well as movie theaters, swimming pools, and other recreational facilities that normally draw crowds.
I certainly won’t forget the school counselors who answered my Seesaw pleas for help in navigating young children through it all, and who sent such kindness and compassion even as they were struggling with their own families.
It took us 30 minutes to get tested, which means they are testing at a rate of about one person every minute.
The Shunyi community leaped into action, finding their way to various pop-up testing centers.
The latest cases of COVID-19 have put Beijing’s schools back on high alert. Last winter when COVID-19 first became a global pandemic beijingkids kept a daily updated blog of news and regulations happening around the city as they developed.
The latest cases in Shunyi have set the city’s clock of consecutive days without a local transmission back to zero.
This festive season, we get to speak to some of Beijing’s families to hear what the year 2020 has meant to them. Despite the many downs this year has dealt us all, there is always a reason to be grateful. Join us as we count down all the reasons we are grateful for the year 2020. If you wish to be featured in this series, please contact our Deputy Managing Editor at cindyjenkins@beijing-kids.com.
The latest case of COVID-19 was discovered in Shunyi from a resident who flew in from Ningbo.
As the COVID-19 shutdown drew on, causing quite a few of these places to shut down temporarily if not permanently, word began to spread about all of the international families trying struggling to keep their respective businesses afloat. That is how the ” Happy Home, Happy Business” series was born – as a way to introduce Beijing families to those among them responsible for the places we hold so near and dear to our hearts.