Thousands of Hong Kong students were among the first in the world to take their final secondary school exams on Friday, all wearing face masks and having their temperatures checked after being stuck at home for months due to the coronavirus.
Students attend to take the Diploma of Secondary Education exams, following the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Hong Kong, China, 24 April 2020. Jerome Favre/Pool via REUTERS
“Although it’s relatively dangerous to start the examination for us candidates at this moment, the might have been cancelled altogether unless they were held now,” 19-year-old Emily Chui said before going into the exam hall at the Clementi Secondary School on Hong Kong island.The city reported two more coronavirus cases on Thursday, taking its total to 1,036. Four people have died. On Monday, the city reported no new cases for the first time since early March.
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