Table 2.
Time points of some key actions in the mainland of China
| Area | First case diagnosed |
Emergency response timing sequence | Work resuming& | School reopening&, # | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level 2 | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Junior middle school | Senior middle school | Primary school | kindergarten | University | Vocational school | |||
| Hubei | Jan. 10 | Jan. 22 | Jan. 24 | May 2 | - | - | Feb. 13 | May 6 | Mid–May | - | - | - | - |
| Tibet | Jan. 28 | Jan. 27 | Jan. 29 | Mar. 6 | - | - | Feb. 2 | Mar. 21 | Mar. 15 | - | - | - | - |
| Qinghai | Jan. 25 | Jan. 25 | Feb. 26 | Mar. 6 | Feb. 2 | Mar. 16 | Mar. 9 | - | - | Apr. 1 | Mar. 9 | ||
| Xinjiang | Jan. 23 | Jan. 25 | Feb. 25 | Mar. 7 | Mar.21 | Feb. 2 | Mar.16 | Mar. 16 | Apr. 8 | - | Apr. 8 | Mar. 16 | |
| Ningxia | Jan. 22 | Jan. 25 | Feb. 28 | May 6 | - | Feb. 2 | Mar. 25 | Mar. 25 | May 27 | - | May 8 | May 8 | |
| Neimenggu | Jan. 23 | Jan. 25 | Feb. 25 | - | Feb. 9 | Mar. 30 | Mar. 30 | May 7 | - | May 7 | May 7 | ||
| Jilin | Jan. 22 | Jan. 25 | Feb. 26 | Mar. 20 | - | Feb. 2 | Apr. 7 | Apr. 7 | June 1 | - | May 7 | - | |
| Gansu | Jan. 23 | Jan. 25 | Feb. 21 | May 11 | Feb. 2 | Apr. 13 | Apr. 9 | Apr. 13 | May 25 | Apr. 13 | Apr. 9 | ||
| Guizhou | Jan. 22 | Jan. 24 | Feb. 23 | - | Feb. 2 | Mar. 16 | Mar. 16 | May 25 | May 25 | Apr. 21 | Apr. 21 | ||
| Tianjin | Jan. 21 | Jan. 24 | Apr.30 | June 6 | - | Feb. 2 | Apr. 20 | Apr. 20 | May 18 | June 2 | May 15 | May 15 | |
| Liaoning | Jan. 22 | Jan. 25 | Feb. 22 | - | Feb. 2 | Apr. 15 | Apr. 15 | May 18 | - | May 8 | - | ||
| Shanxi* | Jan. 22 | Jan. 25 | Feb. 24 | Mar. 10 | - | Feb. 2 | Mar. 25 | Apr. 25 | May 18 | June 2 | Apr.10 | Apr. 25 | |
| Hainan | Jan. 23 | Jan. 24 | Jan. 25 | Feb. 26 | - | Feb. 2 | Apr. 7 | Apr. 7 | Apr. 20 | May 13 | May 9 | Apr. 13 | |
| Yunnan | Jan. 21 | Jan. 24 | Feb. 24 | - | Feb. 9 | Mar. 23 | Mar. 23 | Apr. 26 | May 25 | May 6 | May 6 | ||
| Hebei | Jan. 22 | Jan. 24 | Apr. 30 | June 6 | - | Feb. 2 | Apr. 23 | Apr. 23 | June 1 | June 8 | June 6 | June 1 | |
| Shanxi | Jan. 23 | Jan. 25 | Feb. 28 | - | Feb. 2 | Mar. 30 | Apr. 7 | Apr.27 | June 8 | Apr. 27 | Apr. 7 | ||
| Guangxi | Jan. 22 | Jan. 24 | Feb. 24 | - | Feb. 2 | Apr. 7 | Apr. 7 | May 6 | May 25 | Apr. 22 | Apr. 7 | ||
| Fujian | Jan. 22 | Jan. 24 | Feb. 26 | Mar. 19 | - | Feb. 9 | Apr. 7 | Apr. 7 | May 11 | May 20 | May 6 | May 6 | |
| Heilongjiang | Jan. 22 | Jan. 25 | Mar. 4 | Mar. 25 | - | Feb. 2 | Apr. 13 | Apr. 7 | June 20 | - | June 1 | - | |
| Shanghai | Jan. 20 | Jan. 24 | Mar. 23 | May. 9 | - | Feb. 9 | Apr. 27 | Apr. 27 | June 2 | June 2 | Apr. 27 | - | |
| Beijing | Jan. 20 | Jan. 24 | Apr. 30 | June 6 | - | Feb. 9 | Apr. 27 | June 1 | June 1 | June 8 | June 6 | June 6 | |
| Sichuan | Jan. 21 | Jan. 24 | Feb. 26 | Mar. 25 | - | Feb. 2 | Apr. 1 | Apr. 7 | June 2 | June 2 | May 16 | Apr. 7 | |
| Shandong | Jan. 21 | Jan. 24 | Mar. 7 | May. 6 | - | Feb. 9 | Apr. 15 | Apr. 15 | May 18 | Early–June | May 18 | Apr. 15 | |
| Jiangsu | Jan. 22 | Jan. 24 | Feb. 24 | Mar. 27 | - | Feb. 9 | Mar. 30 | Mar. 30 | Apr. 7 | - | Apr 13 | Apr. 7 | |
| Chongqing | Jan. 21 | Jan. 24 | Mar. 10 | Mar. 24 | - | Feb. 9 | Apr. 20 | Apr. 20 | Apr. 27 | - | May 11 | Apr. 20 | |
| Anhui | Jan. 22 | Jan. 24 | Feb. 25 | Mar. 15 | - | Feb. 9 | Apr. 13 | Apr. 7 | Apr. 20 | May 11 | May 6 | Apr. 20 | |
| Jiangxi | Jan. 21 | Jan. 24 | Mar. 12 | Mar. 20 | - | Feb. 9 | Apr. 7 | Apr. 7 | May 18 | May 25 | Apr.23 | Apr. 7 | |
| Hunan | Jan. 21 | Jan. 24 | Mar. 10 | Apr. 1 | - | Feb. 9 | Apr. 7 | Apr. 7 | - | - | Mid–May | Mid–May | |
| Henan | Jan. 21 | Jan. 25 | Mar. 19 | May 6 | - | Feb. 2 | Apr. 7 | Apr. 7 | May 10 | May 25 | May 10 | May 10 | |
| Guangdong | Jan. 19 | Jan. 23 | Feb. 24 | May 9 | - | Feb. 9 | Apr. 27 | Apr. 27 | May 11 | June 2 | May 11 | May 18 | |
| Zhejiang | Jan. 21 | Jan. 23 | Mar. 2 | Mar. 23 | - | Feb. 9 | Apr. 13 | Apr. 13 | May 6 | Mid–May | Apr. 26 | Apr. 26 | |
Note: “*”: is the province geographically near the Hebei province, “-”: the dates are still not fixed or not collected, “&”: except for some important enterprises related to national economy and people’s livelihood, the actual work resuming dates mustn’t be early than the fixed date or the actual school reopening dates were not early than the fixed date. And the fixed date here is just for reference. Local governments need to detail the arrangements to avoid the peak of return passenger flow. Generally, for school, graduates first, senior students second and then other students in each kind of school