The red alert is the highest level in China’s three-tier high-temperature alert system, followed by orange and yellow.
The Monday Knife attack in Lianjiang, China, is the latest in a disturbing pattern of knife attacks in kindergarten schools in the country.
Meanwhile, China said almost 60,000 COVID-19-related deaths had been recorded since the government eased its restrictions over a week ago.
After reporting 8,176 coronavirus cases the day before, authorities reported around 8,800 more infections nationwide on Thursday.
The comments came as the health bureau reported that a monkeypox case had been detected in someone described as an “international arrival” in Chongqing.
Local governments were urged to secure water supplies and bring in artificial rainfall if needed. This involved shooting chemicals into clouds to generate rain.
