Around 1,500 students from a Chinese province have shown high body temperatures as they returned to schools after the coronavirus lockdown.

Authorities, however, claimed that none of the students with fever

Around 1,500 students from a Chinese province have shown high body temperatures as they returned to schools after the coronavirus lockdown.

Authorities, however, claimed that none of the students with fever symptoms was diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.

Pupils across China have resumed classes after spending more than three months at home as the country continues to ease coronavirus restrictions.

But many parents have feared that the reopening of schools and universities could trigger a second wave of the outbreak in China.

Around 1,500 students from a Chinese province have shown high body temperatures after they’ve returned to schools following three-month coronavirus lockdown. A staff member checks the body temperature of a student at the entrance of a school in Shandong province

More than six million pupils have gone back to over 6,000 schools across Zhejiang province of eastern China since April 13, local officials announced on Monday. A student walks past police and officials as she arrives at a high school in Beijing on April 27

More than six million pupils have gone back to over 6,000 schools across Zhejiang province of eastern China since April 13, local officials announced on Monday.

About 1,500 of these pupils have reported high body temperatures as of Sunday, said Chen Feng, deputy director of the provincial education department.

‘From April 13 till now, no cases related to the coronavirus have been found in the primary and secondary schools that are opened in the province. Our schools are generally safe,’ said Chen.

The official explained that the students having fever symptoms could be caused by the changing seasons.

‘The temperatures are changing drastically. It is easy to have a cold or other infectious diseases,’ Chen added.

The news comes as the city of Wuhan, where the global coronavirus pandemic began in December, yesterday discharged its last COVID-19 patient, health officials said. Pictured, students wearing face masks have a class at a middle school in Shanghai on April 27

The local authorities said that the returning students have their temperatures taken when entering and leaving the campus. Those showing fever symptoms will receive nucleic tests to determine if they are coronavirus carriers.

Schools have also assigned dedicated health codes to the pupils to monitor their health status.

But some parents have voiced their concerns over the reopening of schools and universities, which see students returning to the campus from all over the country, according to the press.

The Zhejiang official suggested that some institutions allowed their students to remain home and take classes online.

Meanwhile, tens of thousands of students in their final year of middle and high schools in Shanghai and Guangzhou returned to the campus on Monday while graduating students in high schools in Beijing also resumed classroom study yesterday.

Nearly 50,000 students who are in their last year of high school resumed their campus life today in 254 schools in Beijing, the Chinese capital city, state newspaper People's Daily said. Pictured, students wearing face masks arrive at the Huayu Middle School in Shanghai

Schools in Shanghai must also install screening facilities featuring ultra red thermometers at the gate to monitor students' temperatures when there are more than 100 people on campus

All schools and universities must impose strict preventative measures to stop the disease from spreading, including giving out free face masks, disinfecting the campus and setting up quarantine areas.

The government of Guangzhou, which has a population of around 15million, had given each of the 208,000 returning students a nucleic acid test before allowing them to step into the school, reported People's Daily. 

The test detects if the person currently has the novel coronavirus. 

'I'm glad, it's been too long since I've seen my classmates,' 18-year-old Hang Huan said in Shanghai. 'I've missed them a lot.'

All schools in Shanghai, the Chinese commercial hub with 24million people, must adopt new tough rules to prevent a second wave, according to Lu Jing, an official from the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission.

Tens of thousands of graduating students in China have returned to the campus after spending three months at home due to coronavirus. Pictured, students wearing face masks line up to have their temperature checked at the entrance of a middle school in Shanghai on April 27

School authorities must provide each student and teacher with one face mask every day and disinfect the canteen, dormitories, classrooms, washbasins and bathrooms daily.

Schools must also install screening facilities featuring ultra red thermometers at the gate to monitor students' temperatures when there are more than 100 people on campus, Lu added. 

Students in Beijing, which has a population of more than 21million, must have their temperatures checked at school gates and show 'green' health codes on an app that calculates a person's infection risk, according to the education ministry.

Nearly 50,000 students who are in their last year of high school resumed their campus life on Monday in 254 schools in the capital city, People's Daily said.