BEIJING – Chinese youngsters in the global virus epicenter of Wuhan filed back to class on Wednesday, wearing masks and walking in single file past thermal scanners.
Senior school students in 121 institutions were back in front of chalk boards and digital displays for the first time since their city – the ground zero of the coronavirus pandemic – shut down in January.
“School is finally reopening!” posted one user of Weibo, China’s Twitter-like short messaging platform.
Teenagers sat at individual desks spaced a meter (3.3 feet) apart, seeing their teachers in the flesh after months of distance learning.
Wednesday’s back-to-school was the latest step in a gradual normalizing of life in Wuhan and surrounding Hubei province. (AFP)
