Hong Kong to shut all schools after virus cases spike

Terra Daily Friday, 10 July 2020 ()
Hong Kong (AFP) July 10, 2020

Hong Kong will close all schools after the territory reported a spike in locally transmitted coronavirus infections, the city's education minister said Friday. The government has ordered all schools to close from Monday, bringing forward the start of the summer holidays, Kevin Yeung said, after the city recorded an "exponential growth" of locally transmitted cases in the past few days. T
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