Coronavirus outbreak: Hong Kong schools to remain shut till April

Hong Kong health officials anunced on February 25, that due to coronavirus outbreak, schools in Hong Kong will remain shut until Easter. According to reports, schools in Hong Kong have alrey been shut for over three weeks. Even though schools are to remain shut, university entrance exams are scheduled to go ahe.

'Safest' course of action

Secretary of Education Kevin Yeung Yun-hung has reportedly said that classes at kindergarten, primary and secondary schools would be suspended till April 20. And even after resuming school, classes will be held in phases. Yeung Yun-hung claimed that WHO has indicated that virus and threat posed by virus would last for a longer period than expected and refore suspension of classes was best and safest option.

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Yeung Yun-hung furr ded that children in kindergarten, primary and secondary classes interact with each or a lot during classes and this increases chance of possible infection. In regards to why university entrance exams were allowed to go as scheduled, Yeung Yun-hung reportedly claimed that only around 50,000 candidates will give exam and will t interact with each or.

dely coronavirus that has been officially named COVID-19 by WHO first surfaced in China's Hubei province and has alrey infected more than 80,000 people worldwide.

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San Francisco declares emergency

city of San Francisco has declared a state of emergency over dely coronavirus outbreak. Recently, health officials in United States warned that spre of coronavirus across United States was highly likely as per reports. emergency was declared by city's mayor, London Breed, on February 25.

According to reports, Breed said that virus has been spreing rapidly to new parts of world and that steps were absolutely necessary in order to protect San Franciscans from harm. She ded that in light of rapidly changing situation surrounding COVID-19 outbreak, re needed to be an increase in level of preparedness.

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