More than 50,000 students in their final year of senior high school in Quanzhou, a city in East China's Fujian province, finally returned to class on April 7, after a prolonged Lunar New Year festival due to the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak.

School staff members check the masks of students at the school entrance. [Photo/qzwb.com]

Over the past few days, the Quanzhou education bureau has taken active steps to make all the necessary preparations for students to return to school. It is required for education systems at all levels in the city to implement closed management.

In order to ensure the safety of schools, 11 counties, county-level cities and districts in the city have arranged nucleic acid testing for faculty and staff before entering campuses.

Senior high third graders take class while sitting at a social distance. [Photo/qzwb.com]

Shishi and Jinjiang cities and Anxi county organized nucleic acid testing for all students.

Student dormitories are also under fully closed management and a staff member is now required to be on duty at each dormitory building 24 hours a day.

A school staff member helps a student disinfect her hands before entering the school. [Photo/qzwb.com]