Unvaccinated students to be barred from classes

Deadlines to be strictly enforced for first and second doses

Students will not be allowed to attend classes after October 31 unless they receive at least one shot of Covid-19 vaccine, special assistant to the prime minister (SAPM) on Health, Dr Faisal Sultan, announced at a press conference yesterday.

By November 30, they are required to be fully vaccinated, said the PM’s top aide on health.

He said a milestone would be achieved when our children are vaccinated. “It has been observed that coronavirus was also spread by youth, especially during the fourth wave,” said Dr Faisal.

You must have observed that Covid-19 cases increased whenever schools were opened, he said adding that, in such situation, it was important to give special attention to vaccinating children in schools.

Meanwhile, Covid-19 cases in the country have dropped significantly to less than 1,000 in the last 24 hours.

Case statistics

According to the National Command & Operation Centre (NCOC), 912 new cases were reported and this is first time in three months that the country’s single-day infections have declined to such a low number.

The country last recorded a daily case count below 1,000 on July 6, when 830 cases were reported in a day.

The latest data showed that the case positivity was 1.99 per cent yesterday after 45,619 tests were conducted during the preveious 24 hours.

Meanwhile, 26 persons succumbed to coronavirus in this period taking the toll to 28,058.

The total number of cases in the country has reached 1,256,233, according to the NCOC.