WUHAN: Final-year high school students in the province of Wuhan, the epicentre of China's virus outbreak, will return to classrooms from May 6, officials said, the latest easing of restrictions as the country's domestic outbreak is brought under control.



Schools have been closed in Wuhan and surrounding Hubei province since January, when lockdown measures were brought in to try and contain the spread of the virus.



Also there were no new confirmed cases of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) disease were reported in central China's Hubei Province Monday, local health authority said on Tuesday.



On Monday, the province reported no new deaths from Covid-19.



The provincial health commission said Hubei had 544 asymptomatic cases under medical observation by Monday when 20 new cases were reported.



The provincial health commission said three Covid-19 patients, all in the provincial capital of Wuhan, were discharged from hospital after recovery on Monday.



A total of 102 patients remained in hospital in the province by the end of Monday. Nineteen of them were in severe or critical condition.



Hubei has so far reported 68,128 confirmed Covid-19 cases in total, including 50,333 in Wuhan. - Xinhua/Asian News Network

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