Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood has stated that a detailed discussion session will be carried out to talk about the closure of schools on Tuesday
As the situation of the virus is currently becoming worse on a constant rate, the NCOC meeting will also take in the exam situation under conversation.
“Education and Health Ministers will meet at the NCOC Tuesday to decide whether to open or further close educational institutions. The exam situation will also be discussed. Whatever is decided will be a collective decision of the country’s health and education authorities and NCOC,” the minister stated on Twitter.
The third wave of the coronavirus is constantly increasing its grasp on the country, with more than 5,000 testing positive for the virus as of today, based on the data from the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC).
The NCOC stated 81 people faced death from the coronavirus on Saturday, out of these people who lost their lives 74 passed away in hospitals while seven died outside of hospitals.
In all, 5,020 people tested positive for the virus on Saturday, based on the data given by NCOC.
