Schools across country to reopen

The National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) yesterday announced that all educational institutions will start normal classes from Oct. 11.

The decision was taken during an NCOC meeting yesterday, and the forum agreed to reopen educational institutions across the country.

The educational institutions were earlier operating on 50 per cent capacity after they reopened following intermittent closures.

According to Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiative, Asad Umar, who is also chairman of the NCOC, the decision was based on the reduced level of coronavirus spread and launch of the school vaccination programme.

Covid-19 toll jumps

Pakistan’s toll due to Covid-19 virus has gone past 28,000 after 46 fatalities registered in the past 24 hours. According to the NCOC, Covid-19 positivity rate remained below 3 per cent on Thursday as 1,453 people returned positive after 51,343 tests conducted in the last 24 hours.

Sindh is the most affected region in terms of caseload, 461,869 infections followed by the Punjab, which has reported 434,647 infections.