Peking University said around 7,000 final year students will return to campus on a voluntary basis in four batches this month.

It said its staff has started to embark on back-to-campus work for graduating students since May and established 10 special teams to engage in the work.

Twelve teachers of Peking University even traveled to Central China's Hubei province, a hard-hit province of the virus, and accompanied over 200 Hubei students back to Beijing on Saturday and took care of them during the journey.