Xinjiang Reopens All Primary And High Schools

Students learn epidemic prevention knowledge at a primary school in Hotan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 23, 2020. [Xinhua/Zhao Ge]

URUMQI, March 24 (Xinhua) — Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has reopened all primary and high schools on Monday, it's the first provincial-level region in the country to do so amid the coronavirus outbreak.

The reopening came after the region had reported no new cases of coronavirus infection for 34 days as of Sunday and downgraded its emergency response to the lowest level.

Students learn epidemic prevention knowledge at a primary school in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 23, 2020. [Xinhua/Ding Lei]

A teacher explains epidemic prevention knowledge at a primary school in Hotan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 23, 2020. [Xinhua/Zhao Ge]

An epidemic prevention chart is displayed on a door at Zhande Middle School in Kazak Autonomous Prefecture of Ili, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 23, 2020. [Xinhua/Sadat]

A teacher explains epidemic prevention knowledge at a primary school in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 23, 2020. [Xinhua/Wang Fei]

A teacher checks temperature of students at a primary school in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 23, 2020. [Xinhua/Wang Fei]

A teacher explains epidemic prevention at Zhande Middle School in Kazak Autonomous Prefecture of Ili, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 23, 2020. [Xinhua/Sadat]

A teacher explains epidemic prevention at a middle school in Kazak Autonomous Prefecture of Ili, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 23, 2020. [Xinhua/Sadat]

(Source: Xinhua)