HONG KONG, April 24 — Thousands of Hong Kong students were among the first in the world to take their final secondary school exams today, all wearing face masks and having their temperatures checked after being stuck at home for months due to the coronavirus. The Diploma of Secondary Education...
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HONG KONG, April 24 — Thousands of Hong Kong students were among the first in the world to take their final secondary school exams today, all wearing face masks and having their temperatures checked after being stuck at home for months due to the coronavirus. “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 yesterday, 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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