Shanghai to reopen all schools on Sept 1 with daily Covid-19 testing | The Straits Times

SHANGHAI (REUTERS) – China's financial hub Shanghai said on Sunday (Aug 14) it would reopen all schools including kindergartens, primary and middle schools on Sept 1 after months of Covid-19 closures. The city will require all teachers and students to take nucleic acid tests for the coronavirus every day before leaving campus, the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission said. It also called for teachers and students to carry out a 14-day "self health management" within the city ahead of the school reopening, the commission said in a statement. Shanghai shut all schools in mid-March before the city's two-month lockdown to combat…