KARACHI: Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani said Wednesday reiterated that schools across the province will reopen on Monday March 16, but said the matter will come under discussion in another meeting tomorrow.
The provincial government had closed all educational institutions including schools, colleges, and universities on March 1 for two weeks amid growing coronavirus fears.
The education minister said that schools will reopen if conditions do not worsen, adding that the Sindh government is closely monitoring the situation on a daily basis. He said that it is the decision of the majority members of the steering committee tasked with tackling the coronavirus that schools be reopened.
Directors of private and government schools, the secretary of schools, the secretary of colleges, the BSEK chairperson, and inter-board chairperson attended the meeting.
The number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in Pakistan has risen to 20 after Gilgit-Baltistan reported its second patient on Wednesday. Karachi has been the worst affected city so far, with 15 of the total confirmed cases.
Two cases have been reported in GB while one case has been reported each in Islamabad, Hyderabad and Quetta. The virus has killed globally killed more than 4,300 people and infected over 119,000 mostly in mainland China.
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