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Educational institutes reopen in Punjab, KP

Lahore: All public and private educational institutions in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) reopened on Thursday (today) with 50% attendance and 100% vaccination of all the teaching, non-teaching staff.

Published

1 month ago

Sep 16, 2021 10:50 AM

Mehak Javed

Educational institutes reopen in Punjab, KP

On Tuesday, the government announced to reopen educational institutes with strict compliance of COVID-19 related Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

In this regard, Provincial schools and higher education department issued an official notification.

Earlier all public and private educational institutions from secondary and above in Punjab, Sindh, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) were reopened on June 07, which amid devastating COVID situation were closed again on September 6.

The schools, colleges and universities were asked to strictly implement SOPs against Covid-19 to prevent the spread of deadly coronavirus.

It may be recalled that most of the educational institutions in Pakistan have been closed for the last one and a half years due to the COVID epidemic.

Pakistan is presently experiencing the fourth wave of coronavirus which is said to be deadlier and more contagious than previous three COVID waves.

According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 3,012 cases of coronavirus were reported while 66 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 27,004.

The total number of cases has reached 1,215,821.

As many as 1,112,236 patients have recovered from the disease with 5,039 critical cases.

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Sindh

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Sindh

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Balochistan

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