Hanoi students back to school after coronavirus closures

Students in all secondary and high schools in Hanoi are back to school after coronavirus closures (Photo: Minh Son/Vietnam+)

All students in My Dinh 1 secondary school undergo body temperature measurement before they enter classes (Photo: Minh Son/Vietnam+)

Body temperature of all students in My Dinh 1 secondary school are carefully measured before they enter classes (Photo: Minh Son/Vietnam+)

Body temperature measurement is applied to all students, teachers and school staff (Photo: Minh Son/Vietnam+)

Students are required to keep a safety distance among one another while their body temperature is measured as recommended by the Ministry of Health (Photo: Minh Son/Vietnam+)

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Students are asked to wash their hands before entering their classes (Photo: Minh Son/Vietnam+)

After stepping out from school bus, students from Marie Curie school undergo body temperature measurement before entering school (Photo: Minh Son/Vietnam+)

All teachers from Marie Curie school stand at school gate to greet students on May 5 morning after a long coronavirus closure (Photo: Minh Son/Vietnam+)

To celebrate the first day back to school, each student in Marie Curie school is presented with a small gift from their teachers (Photo: Minh Son/Vietnam+)

Many students tell reporters that being back to school after ‘COVID-19 break’ brings them even more happiness than returning school following summer vacation as the former break was unprecedented (Photo: Minh Son/Vietnam+)

Marie Curie school headmaster Nguyen Xuan Khang says he had a sleepless night as he was so excited to welcome his students in the morning (Photo: Minh Son/Vietnam+)

From May 1 to 3, staff of Marie Curie school joined hands to clean up and disinfect the school. They also prepared 10,000 masks for students on their first day back to school (Photo: Minh Son/Vietnam+)

Hand sanitiser is well equipped in each class and in school yard so that students can wash their hands regularly (Photo: Minh Son/Vietnam+)

During three months off due to COVID-19, students still studied online so now they are confident when being back to school (Photo: Minh Son/Vietnam+)

Students are asked to keep a safe distance among one another when having meals in the school canteen (Photo: Minh Son/Vietnam+)

‘We have prepared all necessary safety measures, including compulsory body temperature measurement for all students, and desk rearrangement in class. We also have a room for quarantine in case a student show symptoms of the disease’, says headmaster of Marie Curie school Nguyen Xuan Khang (Photo: Minh Son/Vietnam+)

Nguyen Hoang Viet, a student in 7th grade tells reporter that his parents have bought him a protective face shield to wear in class and asked him not to gather in crowds when finishing school (Photo: Minh Son/Vietnam+)

Teachers in Marie Curie spend the first school session on May 4 to inform students of necessary safety measures when in school (Photo: Minh Son/Vietnam+)