PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) education ministry has issued standard operating procedures (SOPs) for schools in the province during the academic session likely to resume from September 15.
According to the SOPs, all schools are instructed to make arrangements for checking the temperature of students at the entrance gate.
Students showing fever symptom will not be permitted to enter the school premises, it said adding that any student who shows other COVID-19 symptoms will be granted a seven-day leave.
In addition, in case of any student testing positive for COVID-19, the entire class will be sent on a 14-day leave. Wearing masks and maintaining social distancing during the academic activities will be mandatory for all students and teachers, the guideline said.
The educational institutes shall avoid arranging an assembly session and any other sort of gatherings. The students will be asked to refrain from having a meal in the same utensil and they will be urged to bring their separate lunch boxes from their homes.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa reported three more casualties due to Covid-19, taking the death toll to 1,242. According to health officials, 64 new cases were also confirmed during the past 24 hours, taking the total to 35,401.
Another 125 patients have recovered to take the total count to 32,647, they said. Active cases stand at 1,512 in the province.
64 new cases confirmed taking the total to 35,401. 3 more lives were lost (2 Abbottabad, 1 Peshawar) taking the total to 1,242. 125 more patients recovered taking the total tally to 32,647. Active cases at 1,512. pic.twitter.com/jOx02BB4kx
— Health Department KP (@HealthKPGovt) August 18, 2020
