School Reopen: Regional Level

Evaluation and Prevention of Covid19 Transmission

School Close/Reopen Status in Global Metropolis

Berlin, Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai, and Singapore

School Close/Reopen Status in 31 provinces/municipalities, China

Starting from March 16 till April 27, all 31 Chinese provinces/municipalities with schools staggered reopened. According to Chinese Ministry of Education, by May 11, 2020, there are more than 100 million students (elementary/middle/high schools, and colleges) returned to schools, which constitute 39% of total number of students in China.

Ref: http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2020/05-12/9181814.shtml

College students return in Yunan Province, China

1. Regions with Low Risk of Covid-19 Transmission

Few local and imported cases before and throughout school reopening.

Xinjiang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang

2. Regions with Mid Risk of Covid-19 Transmission

Continuous imported cases and mixing with locals which can be tested, traced and isolated before and throughout school reopening. There are 3 province/municipalities with schools staggered reopening on April 27, 2020.

Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong

3. Regions with Cluster-Infection Incidents

Community transmission incidents, and/or spike of imported cases

Heilongjiang

References:

1. Local Ministry of Health/CDC daily official update

2. Ministry of Education and/or national newspaper

3. Wikipedia city info

4. Wikipedia countries by hospital beds

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_hospital_beds#cite_note-Jason2020-7

Regions with Low Risk of Covid-19 Transmission

Few local and imported cases before and throughout school reopening. From March 16 to April 23, 2020, there are 27 provinces with schools staggered reopened. Examples of Low/high population densities, low/high number of confirmed cases: Xinjiang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.