Chinese finance hub Shanghai set to reopen all schools, but Covid-19 lockdown fears persist


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Shanghai will reopen all schools including kindergartens, primary and middle schools on September 1, after months of Covid-19 closures. All teachers and students must undergo nucleic acid tests for the coronavirus before leaving campus every day, the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission said in announcing the reopening on Sunday. The commission also called on teachers and students to carry out a 14-day “self health management” within the city ahead of the school reopening. Shanghai shut all schools in mid-March, weeks before it imposed a two-month lockdown to combat the city’s worst Covid-19 outbreak. Some high school and middle school students were...