All kindergartens, primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong are to close down early for the summer starting on Monday, amid a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases in Hong Kong, and authorities will also review whether the coming school year can start as scheduled in August or September. Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung told reporters on Friday that schools also can elect to go ahead with scheduled tests next week, or, they can choose to delay them for several months. Primary five students, for example, are scheduled to take key internal assessment exams over the coming week that will have a large impact on their admission to secondary schools. Schools, can either go ahead with the tests, or delay them to September and submit the results to the authorities later, Yeung said. Students in secondary three to five can also take their scheduled exams as well. The education chief said the risk of infection is low in an exam setting, since there isn't much interaction between students. Schools that aren't adequately…

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