Students in their final year at senior high schools and secondary vocational schools in Qingdao, Shandong province began returning to school on April 15 after in-school classes for spring semester were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A total of 97 senior high schools and secondary vocational schools in the city (except for those in Jiaozhou, a county-level city in Qingdao) reopened to students in graduating classes and are carrying out strict precautionary measures to ensure the health and safety of students, including taking their temperatures, disinfecting regularly, and requiring students and teachers to wear masks.

Schools carried out several drills before reopening to ensure the safety of students.

Students must have their temperatures taken before boarding school buses and are required to wear masks on board. [Photo/dzwww.com]

Senior high schools and secondary vocational schools in Qingdao reopen on April 15 and are taking strict precautionary measures such as social distancing and requiring the wearing of masks. [Photo/dzwww.com]

Qingdao No 2 Middle School has installed thermal imaging temperature monitoring and facial recognition temperature monitoring equipment to automatically measure and report the temperatures of students. [Photo/dzwww.com]

School staff and volunteers help students transport their luggage at the entrance of Qingdao No 1 Middle School on April 15. Parents are not allowed to enter. [Photo/iqilu.com]

Thousands of policemen have been deployed to manage traffic outside schools at the start of the semester. [Photo/iqilu.com]