Hubei province, once the epicenter of the new coronavirus that emerged in its capital Wuhan, said the national college entrance exam, also known as Gaokao, would be postponed by one month to July 7 and 8.
The Ministry of Education made a decision on March 31 to delay the exam by one month to July 7 and 8 across the country due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The provincial epidemic prevention and control authorities said that students in the final year of senior high schools in Hubei will restart classes on May 6.
The school reopening dates for other grades in the province will be made public later on the basis of the epidemic prevention and control situation in different places, the authorities said.
A radiologist uses a portable X-ray machine to examine a novel coronavirus patient at an isolation ward of Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei province.
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