Students have their body temperatures measured in a tent equipped with thermal imaging thermometers before entering the school, on March 30. [Photo/baotounews.com.cn]  

Schools in Baotou city, in North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, resumed classes for their ninth and 12th grade students on March 30, according to local media reports.

The return to class involved 36,000 students and more than 3,000 faculty members.

According to school officials, the schools were fully disinfected before the resumption of teaching.

They said school areas will be disinfected twice a day after the resumption of classes and the classrooms will be ventilated after disinfection.

Thermal imaging thermometers have been placed around the schools. Students will take their temperature measurements under a teacher's supervision before entering school.

The schools have also set up isolation rooms and are equipped with protective clothing, disinfectant and ethyl alcohol.

According to school officials, once a student's body temperature is found to be high, staff members will place him in an isolation room for observation and find out more about their travel history and contact history.

In case of a contact history with key epidemic regions or infected people the school will notify designated hospitals and health and epidemic prevention departments as soon as possible.