Schools to remain open in Punjab: Murad Raas

Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas has said that schools will remain open in the province as they are following coronavirus standard operating procedures (SOPs) strictly amid the resurge in COVID-19 across the country.

Shedding the light on COVID-19 resurge, he said Punjab is the only province which is strictly following coronavirus health guidelines.

“We are closely monitoring the situation because of which you are seeing very few cases of coronavirus among school children and teachers,” Raas maintained.

He ruled out the possibility of visiting every single school in the province conforming that positive cases of the infection have been reported in 117 schools, out of which 16 have been sealed.

“We are carrying out random testing. When we find there is a single case, we suspend the classes, and if there are multiple cases reported on campus, we temporarily shut down those schools,” he said.

He said that the government opened the schools after a lot of planning and hard work.

“I am sending my children to school as well and I think the government took the right decision by reopening schools,” he said. “I think we are doing absolutely fine and there should be no winter vacation either. Unless there are concrete numbers available, it’s not right to take a drastic decision.”