Punjab schools to have 2-3 weeks off for summer vacations: Murad Raas
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Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas. File photo
LAHORE: Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas said Friday that this year, summer vacations in schools will be for only two to three weeks as students have suffered a lot due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The provincial minister made the remarks while addressing a press conference in the provincial capital with Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid.
Raas said that the provincial government has started vaccination for teachers and other non-teaching staff of educational institutions. There are 16,000 teachers and 4,000 non-teaching staff in the province. We are trying to complete the vaccination of teachers by end of June before reopening schools from June 7, he said.
Punjab will soon buy 1m doses of COVID-19 vaccine: Dr Yasmin Rashid
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Punjab to buy 1 million doses of coronavirus vaccine, says Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid.
Dr Rashid said a technical advisory group had been constituted under Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Special Secretary Babar Aman to buy coronavirus vaccines.
The group will share its recommendations within two days.
LAHORE: One million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be purchased by Punjab soon after approval by the cabinet, says Dr Yasmin Rashid, the province s health minister.
She was chairing on Wednesday a meeting at the Civil Secretariat to review the status of vaccine procurement and preparation. The Punjab health minister said that local preparation of the vaccine will be possible between six and 10 months.