Peshawar: Seven teachers of a school tested positive for coronavirus

Last updated on: 16 September,2020 10:41 am

The teachers did not interact with any student.

PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – Seven teachers of a government school in Peshawar have on Wednesday been tested positive for coronavirus, the Elementary and Secondary Education Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa confirmed.

It has been learnt that the teachers belong to Government Higher Secondary School Number 1, Cantt but none of them interacted with any student. Their COVID-19 tests were conducted last week.

On the other hand, Pakistan has reported 4 deaths in last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 303,089. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 6,393.

According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 665 persons have been tested positive for COVID-19 in 24 hours.