ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Saturday directed the federal and the provincial governments to keep the educational institutions closed till June 6 in COVID-19 hotspot districts.
The NCOC said that a meeting will be held on June 3 to decide about reopening of the institutions from June 7. The educational institutions in areas with less than five percent coronavirus positivity ratio will reopen on May 24.
It is pertinent here to mention that the Punjab government on Friday announced that schools in 16 districts of the province will reopen from Monday, May 24.