Detailed plans urged for safe start to new school semester nationwide

As schools and universities across the country prepare for the new school year, the Ministry of Education has required strict implementation of epidemic containment measures to make sure there will be no large-scale outbreak on campuses, the ministry said in a release on Wednesday.

Schools should make detailed plans and have emergency response mechanisms to make sure students and teachers can return to campuses in a safe and orderly way, the ministry said.

Schools and universities need to make timely adjustments to their epidemic control measures, so that they are scientific, targeted and have minimal impact on teaching, it said.