Remains of soldiers

The remains of 117 Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War were returned to China on Sunday from the Republic of Korea (ROK).

Escorted by two Chinese fighter jets, an air force plane carrying the remains and belongings of the fallen soldiers landed at the Taoxian airport in Shenyang, capital of Northeast China’s Liaoning Province, at 11:18 a.m. It was the seventh repatriation ceremony. In the previous six repatriations, South Korea had returned the remains of 599 Chinese People’s Volunteers martyrs killed in the Korean War, including 437 in 2014, 68 in 2015, 36 in 2016, 28 in 2017, 20 in 2018 and 10 in 2019 each.

Vaccine performance

China’s candidate coronavirus vaccine caused no side effects among recruits in Moscow as part of large-scale clinical trials, reported Russian English-language newspaper The Moscow Times.

Russia approved Phase III trials of the Chinese vaccine developed by CanSino Biologics, a Chinese high-tech biopharmaceutical company, and a research team with the Academy of Military Sciences last month. “At the moment, the volunteers are doing well. None of them have shown any side effects,” said Petrovax, the Russian pharmaceutical company working with the vaccine’s Chinese developers.

Face-to-face classes

With the COVID-19 epidemic largely under control, schools in Hong Kong resumed in-person learning last week after months of suspension.

Anti-epidemic measures were put in place for the reopening as many schools arranged alcohol disinfectant and infrared body thermometers. A speaking robot greeted students at the entrance of S.K.H. St. James’ Primary School in Wan Chai, repeating three basic ways to fend off the virus: mask-wearing, hand-washing and temperature checking.

Eye health

After months of hibernating at home due to COVID-19, children’s eyesight has become a major concern for parents in China, and they urge schools to help control the problem as students returned to campus for the new semester this month, said China Youth Daily.

A recent survey by the newspaper revealed that as high as 89.1 percent of parents worried about their children’s eye care awareness and habits since they had been cooped up indoors for about half a year under coronavirus measures.

(SD-Agencies)