Lahore school sealed after eight coronavirus cases surface
Pakistan
The district administration has sealed the school till February 6, 2022.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – A government school was sealed in provincial capital of Punjab after eight cases of coronavirus surfaced in the institutions.
According to details, the district administration has sealed the school till February 6, 2022.
Earlier in the day, Punjab government extended its decision to restrict attendance to 50 percent in public and private schools in Lahore and Rawalpindi.
According to the notification issued by the provincial education department, classes up to Grade 6 will be staggered in all public and private schools till February 15, 2022.
On the other hand, Pakistan has reported second-highest cases of coronavirus since start of pandemic.
Pakistan has reported 27 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 1,410,033. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 29,219 on Saturday.
According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 7,963 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Till now 13,139 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 7,800 in Sindh 5,994 in KP, 979 in Islamabad, 752 in Azad Kashmir, 367 in Balochistan, and 188 in GB.
