Beijing's education commission has ordered the closure of the capital's schools again following a new outbreak of the coronavirus in the city of 21 million people.
The commission said on its WeChat social media account that all schools would resume online teaching from tomorrow and universities should also suspend the return of students.
It comes after a Beijing city official warned that the Covid-19 situation there was "extremely severe". A huge trace-and-test programme was sparked after 27 new infections were reported in the Chinese capital from a cluster.
The coronavirus resurgence - believed to have started at the city's sprawling Xinfadi wholesale food market - has prompted alarm as China had largely brought its outbreak under control