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Coronavirus Hong Kong: 5 schools to resume full-day classes after hitting 70 per cent vaccination rate for pupils

  • Form Six students especially eager to return to normal schedule as they will take university entrance exams next year, one principal says
  • City records five new cases, all imported and carrying the L452R mutation linked to several coronavirus variants

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Form Six students at Heung To Secondary School (Tseung Kwan O), which is expected to resume classes on September 23. Photo: Dickson Lee
Chan Ho-him
Five Hong Kong secondary schools are expected to resume full-day in-person classes for certain grades as early as Monday after they reached the required 70 per cent vaccination rate against Covid-19, the education chief has revealed.
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Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung Yun-hung also said on Friday that more than 92 per cent of teaching staff across all schools had received at least one vaccine dose by last Friday, while those who had not been inoculated must undergo regular testing.

The city recorded five new cases on Friday, all imported and carrying the L452R mutation linked to several coronavirus variants. The tally of confirmed infections stood at 12,138 with 212 related deaths. Fewer than five people tested preliminary-positive.

Form Six students attend classes at Heung To Secondary School (Tseung Kwan O). Photo Dickson Lee
Form Six students attend classes at Heung To Secondary School (Tseung Kwan O). Photo Dickson Lee

The government also agreed to recognise vaccination records from four more nations starting from September 15. Three of them – Bangladesh, Nepal and the United Arab Emirates – are classed as high-risk for Covid-19, while the other, Singapore, is considered medium-risk.

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