LAHORE, Pakistan: The Punjab government has announced one-week holidays throughout the province from September 6 to 11, 2021 in the wake of rising Coronavirus Cases.
In a Twitter statement on Friday, the Provincial Education Minister Murad Raas announced that all Public and Private Schools of Punjab will remain closed from September 6 to 11, 2021 due to COVID-19 conditions.
ANNOUNCEMENT:
All Public & Private Schools of Punjab to be closed from September 6th to September 11th, 2021 due COVID 19 conditions. Please stay home and stay safe. Protect yourself and your families.— Murad Raas (@DrMuradPTI) September 3, 2021
Recently, the Coronavirus Casas have been on the rise in Punjab as the provincial COVID-19 positivity ratio has reached almost 7%.
In the last 24 hours, 1,368 new infections and 20 new deaths were reported across the province.
To date, Punjab has registered a total of 397,694 Coronavirus Cases – the highest after Sindh – and 11,979 deaths – the highest among all provinces in the Country.
