The Education Bureau of Shanghai, China has instructed most grades in primary, middle and high school, kindergartens and childcare centers in the financial hub to shut all in-person classes and to switch to online mode from Monday (19).
The decision has been made by the Bureau as worsening COVID-19 infections hit major cities across China.
China last week jettisoned some of the world’s toughest anti-COVID curbs and is now experiencing a spike in infections, with fears COVID could sweep across its 1.4 billion population during next month’s Lunar New Year holiday.