Students at St. Hilary's Primary School have a class on April 19, 2022, as primary schools in Hong Kong reopen after the city's worst wave of COVID-19 outbreak has subsided. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

HONG KONG -  Primary school students in Hong Kong can finally meet again at classes on Tuesday, after the city's worst wave of COVID-19 outbreak has subsided.

The Hong Kong Special Administraive Region government said earlier that schools would reopen after the Easter holiday, with half-day face-to-face classes resuming at the earliest in primary schools on April 19 and in secondary schools on May 3.

Students and teachers need to do rapid tests every day and 10 million rapid test kits were distributed for free to students in need, said the government.

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School employees, but not students, will need to present a vaccination record to enter the campuses. All students can attend classes as usual, but only those who have at least one vaccine dose can participate in non-academic activities, the government added.

A teacher takes a student's body temperature at St. Hilary's Primary School in Tai Po, Hong Kong on April 19, 2022. (CALVING NG / CHINA DAILY)

A student at St. Hilary's Primary School shows her COVID-19 rapid test result to school staff before entering the school, in Hong Kong on April 19, 2022. (CAVLIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

A student at St. Hilary's Primary School takes some disinfectant hand-gel as she enters the school, in Hong Kong on April 19, 2022. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

A student at St. Hilary's Primary School measures her body temperature in front of a device and takes some disinfectant hand-gel, in Hong Kong on April 19, 2022. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

A student at St. Hilary's Primary School shows his COVID-19 rapid test result to a teacher before entering the school, in Hong Kong on April 19, 2022. (CAVLIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

A student at St. Hilary's Primary School takes some disinfectant hand-gel before entering the school, in Hong Kong on April 19, 2022. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

A student enters St. Hilary's Primary School in Tai Po, Hong Kong on April 19, 2022. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

A student enters St. Hilary's Primary School in Tai Po, Hong Kong on April 19, 2022. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)