Content related to the coronavirus pandemic that began in 2019
In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, we, as young people, must take advantage of our time and energy by stepping forward and providing for those who have provided for us all our lives.
Critically, ticket sales will be moved online, and a minimum of one meter between viewers who do not book together is required, meaning that there will be significantly less seating available.
As international schools all around the city continue to handle all the difficulties in these uncertain times, this latest news from Keystone Academy is a little light at the end of the tunnel for the international education community.
According to a CNN source, the White House caved in to the strong opposition to this proposal outside the administration, and the many staff within the West Wing who believed the policy to be poorly devised and implemented.
Getting tested for COVID-19 isn’t as bad as you think. At the outset of Beijing’s second wave in mid-June, there were a number of videos and photos making the rounds on social media that showed hordes of people standing in haphazard, nebulous lines waiting to get tested.
Beijing residents have rushed to buy train and plane tickets out of the city after the local government announced on Jul 4 that residents from low-risk Beijing districts are permitted to travel without proof of a negative test. But strict controls remain on people from medium and high-risk areas.
As per the update, international students studying in the US holding an F-1 or M-1 nonimmigrant visa will be forced to leave the country if their school continues to conduct online courses only. Under the change, around 1.2 million students might face deportation.
We took an informal pool in expat groups of parents with school-aged children. Of the 240 parents who participated 66% said that they intend to re-enroll their children in their current school despite COVID-19 uncertainties and concerns of whether their school may be able to return to normal next semester.
Beijing’s second wave of infections is here and so is the ramping up of testing. As of Jun 17, all people leaving Beijing are required to provide proof of a negative nucleic acid test within seven days of travel, meaning that centers are likely to be clogged with people trying to leave the capital.
According to an announcement made by the Beijing Municipal Education Commission (BMEC) close to midnight last night, all primary and secondary schools in Beijing must return to distance learning effective as of today, Wednesday, Jun 17.