Schools closed in 8 KP cities amid surge in coronavirus cases
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Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shahram Tarakai.
PESHAWAR: The provincial government has decided to close schools in eight more cities where the coronavirus positivity ratio has crossed 10%, Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shahram Tarakai said Tuesday.
The education minister said this while briefing the media after a meeting of the Provincial Task Force (PTF) of anticoronavirus chaired by Chief Minister Mahmood Khan.
He said schools will be closed from tomorrow till March 28, adding that staff will continue to come while parents can also come to collect homework.