Beijing classes go online as COVID-19 restrictions tighten
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Beijing is closing all city schools in an effort to prevent a wider COVID-19 outbreak in the Chinese capital.
A woman receives a throat swab for a COVID-19 test at a testing site in Beijing, Thursday, April 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) People wearing face masks shop for fresh vegetables at a pop-up market in Beijing, Thursday, April 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) A child receives a throat swab for a COVID-19 test at a testing site in Beijing, Thursday, April 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) A worker in a protective suit swabs a child’s throat for a COVID-19 test at a testing site in Beijing, Thursday, April 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Chinese security personnel wearing masks stand guard near a portrait of Sun Yat-sen, who is widely regarded as the founding father of modern China, on Tiananmen Square on Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Beijing's Education Bureau ordered all schools to end classes from Friday. The bureau said it hadn’t determined when they would resume.