Pakistan records 9.96% COVID-19 positivity ratio
April 5, 2021
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Country recorded a 9.96% COVID-19 positivity ratio on April 4 as out of 43,362 tests, 4,323 returned positive, according to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC).
The latest statistics released by the NCOC on Monday morning showed that in the last 24 hours, the highest positivity ratio was observed in Punjab with 12.64% followed by Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) at 12.62%.
In the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), the COVID-19 positivity ratio stood at 11.33% as out of 5,654 COVID-19 tests, 641 were found positive.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province had the positivity ratio of 11.32%, Balochistan 5.76%, Sindh 2.72%, and Gilgit-Baltistan 1.97%.
The NCOC’s data also showed that 43 more COVID-19 patients succumbed to the disease across the Country on April 4.
NCOC meets to review opening of educational institutions
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The forum urged the masses to strictly follow safety protocols amid rising disease spread.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Tuesday has met to review opening of educational institutions.
The meeting is also reviewing the standard operating procedures (SOPs) of Ramzan in the light of the suggestions of religious scholars.
The session is being chaired by Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar while Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood and Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Pir Noor ul Haq Qadri are also participating in the meeting.
Decision on schools’ closure to be taken after next NCOC meeting
Karachi
April 4, 2021
After discussing the third wave of Covid-19 and its effects on education at the meeting of the provincial school education and literacy department’s (SELD) Steering Committee held on Saturday, all the stockholders, including private schools associations, SELD officials and education experts, agreed on keeping the schools open until the provincial task force on coronavirus prepared its final report for the next meeting of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC).
Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani convened the steering committee meeting on the instructions of Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah after the task force had advised the provincial government to close the schools for at least two weeks. However, in the meeting on Saturday, associations of private schools opposed the closure of schools. They called for continuity of educational activities at the schools.
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 4 (ANI): In the midst of battling a third coronavirus wave, Pakistan recorded over 5,000 fresh COVID-19 infections again in the last 24 hours, after it had breached the mark on Friday.