Punjab Minister for Education Murad Raas on Friday issued an update for schools in Lahore and Rawalpindi.
The minister took to Twitter, and said that in all public and private schools of Lahore and Rawalpindi, classes up to grade 6 will continue in a staggered manner — 50% students each day — until February 15.
It is pertinent that earlier, the restriction was imposed till January 31 and was limited to Lahore.
He further said classes 7 to 12 will remain on the previous schedule (continue with strict SOPs and all students vaccinated). “Please follow COVID SOPs.”
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) also a day earlier decided to extend the COVID-19 curbs in the country from January 31 till February 15.
It merits mention that Lahore a sharp surge in its COVID-19 positivity ratio after it shot up from 15.25% to 20.58% in a single day as the spread of the pandemic does not seem to slow down anywhere in the country.
As of January 27, 1,380 new infections were detected in Lahore during the last 24 hours, according to official data released Friday morning, when 6,705 samples underwent the diagnostic test.
