Punjab Govt will not shut schools in the future covid outbreaks

The government of Punjab has agreed not to shut educational facilities when tackling future provincial coronavirus outbreaks.

The provincial government has taken this decision in light of the reports that, after the purchase and delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine, the national Coronavirus vaccination program is well underway.

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Higher Education Minister Raja Yasir Humayun said that an entire academic year was missed due to the closing of educational institutions due to the Coronavirus epidemic, which significantly impacted more than 40 million students from grade 1 to Ph.D. prompting 9 million students to give up education.

Although the provincial government is seeking to get the school system back on the right track, it will take another year for students to recover from the lack of education suffered last year.

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The Minister added that in all colleges and universities, SOPs designed to curtail the spread of Coronavirus are strictly pursued.

Usman Younis, Secretary of Primary and Secondary Healthcare, addressed the establishment in the province of 19 new Coronavirus research laboratories capable of performing 23,000 tests daily.