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[Wuhan Pneumonia] Education Bureau: Considering extending school Lunar New Year holidays to strengthen prevention and control measures

2020-01-24T10:01:02.862Z


The outbreak of a new coronavirus associated with Wuhan pneumonia continued to spread, and Hong Kong has two confirmed cases as of yesterday (23). The Macau Education Authority announced today that it has extended annual leave for non-higher education schools. The Education Bureau of Hong Kong has not announced the extension of the Lunar New Year holiday, but said that it is actively discussing and implementing the necessary control measures with various stakeholders, including considering extending the Lunar New Year holiday in schools, and other corresponding arrangements to reduce the virus on campus The risks of transmission and the protection of students' health will be announced as soon as possible.


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Written by: Deng Yinglin

2020-01-24 17:53

Last updated: 2020-01-24 17:53

The outbreak of a new coronavirus associated with Wuhan pneumonia continued to spread, and Hong Kong has two confirmed cases as of yesterday (23). The Macau Education Authority announced today that it has extended annual leave for non-higher education schools.

The Education Bureau of Hong Kong has not announced the extension of the Lunar New Year holiday, but said that it is actively discussing and implementing the necessary control measures with various stakeholders, including considering extending the Lunar New Year holiday in schools, and other corresponding arrangements to reduce the virus on campus The risks of transmission and the protection of students' health will be announced as soon as possible.

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Education Bureau: Arrangements will be announced as soon as possible

The China Education Federation and the China Education Federation each today publicly requested the Hong Kong Government to extend the Lunar New Year holiday to at least February 10 to prevent the epidemic from spreading in schools. The nearby Macau Youth Education Bureau has also announced the extension of New Year's holidays in non-tertiary schools in Macau.

The Education Bureau stated that it has maintained close liaison with the Department of Health and informed the school of the latest information and recommended preventive measures provided by the Department on infectious diseases in a timely manner. Since the beginning of January, nine letters of health protection have been forwarded to schools, Schools are alert and defensive. The spokesman said that a letter would be sent to schools today to remind them to implement the recommendations of the Centre for Health Protection and strengthen preventive measures.

The spokesman also said that the school is considering extending the Lunar New Year holidays and other corresponding arrangements, and the details will be announced as soon as possible.

This year's Lunar New Year holidays in primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong are generally held on the seventh day of the new year (Saturday, January 31), and students resume classes on the tenth day of the following Monday (February 3).

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