Not Yet Time To Allow Full-day Classes: Kevin Yeung

The Education Secretary, Kevin Yeung, said on Saturday that the authorities will consider letting schools resume full-day classes only when the infection risks of eating together are lower.

The government has earlier announced the phased resumption of classes in schools, from September 23, but schools will only run half days to prevent children from gathering for lunch.

Yeung said the arrangements could be further relaxed if the coronavirus situation continues to improve.

He also appealed to teachers, students and parents to get tested for Covid-19 under the government's voluntary scheme.

The government said that as of 8am on Saturday, 978,000 people had made appointments to get tested, and as of 8pm on Friday, health officials had collected samples from 650,000 people.