All educational institutes resume classes with 100% attendance 

Islamabad: Amid a steady decline in Covid-19 infections, the federal government has decided to resume normal and regular classes at all private and public schools with 100% attendances from Monday (today).

This has been stated in a notification issued by Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training in Islamabad.

According to the notification, vaccination against COVID-19 is mandatory for all students of 12 years of age.

For the age group of 12 to 18 years, only Pfizer vaccine is being administered through Mobile Vaccination Teams and all COVID Vaccination Centres.

The compliance of COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), including wearing of masks, hand washing, temperature checking and others will also be observed without any compromise.

Previously, all educational institutions were operating on 50% capacity across the country after being reopened following intermittent closures due to the prevalence of Covid-19.

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

According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 1,004 cases of coronavirus were reported while 28 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 28,134. 

The total number of cases has reached 1,258,959.

As many as 1,188,562 patients have recovered from the disease with 2,473 critical cases.