HK: Secondary 3-5 cross-border students to resume classes

HONG KONG - Hong Kong will let some cross-border students from the mainland to return to resume classes from June 15, the Education Bureau announced on Tuesday, in a selective easing of coronavirus border restrictions.

In a statement, the Education Bureau said class resumption for cross-boundary students will be limited to Secondary 3 to 5 at this stage.

To prevent unnecessary social contact with other people and reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection, school busses will be arranged and students will be subject to health checks, including temperature screening and submission of health declaration forms, in Hong Kong and bordering Shenzhen as they commute to school, according to the statement.

These students can be, in principle, exempted from the compulsory quarantine in Hong Kong and centralized quarantine in Shenzhen, according to the statement.

The bureau will soon issue guidelines detailing the class resumption arrangements for Secondary 3 to 5 cross-boundary students, the bureau said in the statement.

Hong Kong reported no new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, with the infection tally standing at 1,107.