The National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) has now permitted all educational institutions to continue “normal classes” from October 11 (Monday).
Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar has stated in a Twitter post that the decision was made in an NCOC meeting.
“Based on the reduced level of disease spread and the launch of the school vaccination programme, it has been decided in today’s NCOC meeting to allow all educational institutions to start normal classes from Monday the 11th of October,” read the Tweet.
The educational institutions have been calling in the attendance to be at the maximum of 50% capacity in the country since their reopening after irregular closures as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The NCOC, in a statement, stated that the country reported 1,453 cases in the last 24 hours, increasing the positivity ratio to 2.82%, while 46 people died because of the virus.
The country has till now reported as many as 1.25 million coronavirus cases, 28,032 deaths, and 1.18 million recoveries from the pandemic, the forum read.
Pakistan has given a total of more than 87 million vaccines shots, with 31 million second doses and 62 million first doses, as per the data shared by the NCOC.
