Hong Kong shuts secondary schools over Covid-19 fears

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HONG KONG - Hong Kong will suspend face-to-face teaching in secondary schools from Jan 24, the Education Bureau said on Thursday , because of a rising number of coronavirus infections in several scho

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The latest round of in-person suspensions is at least the fourth since the Covid-19 pandemic began, including one that was among the longest school closures globally. The latest suspension will last until Feb 7, the government said in a statement. While the majority of the new cases are Omicron, a recent flare-up of the Delta variant this week shocked officials. The infection in a 23-year-old pet store employee with no recent international travel or high-risk contacts led authorities to order the culling of nearly 2,000 small pet animals.

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