Chinese students take crucial 'gaokao' exams in COVID-19 isolation

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Teenage Covid-19 patients in southern China bent over test papers and scribbled answers alone in hospital rooms, taking the life-changing 'gaokao' ...

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Across China students are taking the"gaokao" college entrance exam - typically the most stressful point of a Chinese student's life. BEIJING: Teenage COVID-19 patients in southern China bent over test papers and scribbled answers alone in hospital rooms, taking the life-changing"gaokao" college entrance exams despite being in virus-induced isolation.

Students were split into different rooms based on their level of COVID-19 risk, with contacts of confirmed cases taking the tests in smaller groups.But infected students with mild symptoms had to take the tough exams solo in brightly lit isolation rooms in the hospital or special locations. Provincial officials inspected testing sites in Guangzhou late last week and urged examiners to make sure"students feel comfortable, parents are at ease and society is reassured", the local government said.

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