The Sindh government has suspended physical classes from grades nursery till eight at schools across the province for 15 days.

According to the details, Sindh Education Minister Senator Saeed Ghani in his tweet today said that owing to the spike in coronavirus cases in the province, the education department has suspended physical classes from grades nursery till eight at schools across the province for 15 days. The new directive will come into force from April 6.

محکمہ تعلیم سندھ نے Covid کی صورتحال کے پیش نظر صوبے بھر کے تمام سرکاری و نجی اسکولوں میں آٹھویں جماعت تک میں 6 اپریل بروز منگل سے اگلے پندرہ روز کیلئے Physical کلاسز معطل کرنے کا فیصلہ کیا ہے تاہم بچوں کی تعلیم کو آن لائن، ہوم ورک اور دیگر ذرائع سے جاری رکھا جاسکتا ہے۔

— Senator Saeed Ghani (@SaeedGhani1) April 4, 2021

Earlier today, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood said that all education and health ministers from across Pakistan will meet on April 6 to decide about the reopening or further closing of educational institutions during the third wave of the novel coronavirus.

Coronavirus Situation In Pakistan

It is worth mentioning here that, during the period of last 24 hours, 81 deaths and 5,020 new cases have been reported in Pakistan due to the novel coronavirus.

According to the National Command and Operations Center, the total number of deaths from coronavirus in Pakistan has reached 14,778 whereas the total number of affected people has reached 687,908.

The number of active cases across the country now stands at 60,072, whereas 613,058 people have recovered from Corona.