Reopening of educational institutes may cause a disaster, warn health experts

By Team CG
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May 31, 2021
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The Punjab government has decided to reopen educational institutions from next week as the COVID-19 cases dropped in the province from 2.46 percent to 5.94 percent in the previous week.

According to health experts, the decision to educational institutes has been made in haste. They said that last year in September, educational activities resumed in at least three phases, and before that, there were not more than 50 cases reported per day from the twin cities for at least five weeks, from August 7 to September 13, 2020.

Educational activities for all levels resumed in October 2020 and in November, the capital city received a significant uptick in the outbreak of coronavirus. Only on October 9 in 2020, over 140 cases were reported from the twin cities after a lag of three months, the average number of cases reported per day was well over 420 from ICT and Rawalpindi district.

Health experts are of the view that the current situation is worse than what the country faced in October 2020. They said that a total of 3,833 patients was reported from the region. But n May so far, 8,315 new cases have been recorded from the twin cities and the government has intended to reopen educational institutions in a week, which would cause havoc.