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Sat Jan 22, 2022 12:00 AM
Last update on: Sat Jan 22, 2022 12:07 AM
Staff Correspondent
The government yesterday announced closure of schools and colleges until February 6 and prohibited any kind of gathering of over 100 people to curb the spread of Covid-19 amid a rapid surge in new cases.
Issuing a gazette notification with a five-point directive, the Cabinet Division said government and private company employees must show vaccine certificates at work.
Schools and colleges will be closed from January 21 to February 6, the notification said.
Authorities of universities will take their own decisions about closures, it said.
... The DGHS reported 11,434 new coronavirus cases for 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, taking the overall tally of infections to 16,64,616. Twelve infected people died in that period.
The positivity rate also shot up to 28.49 percent, nearly double the 14.66 percent recorded a week ago on January 14.
Last update on: Sat Jan 22, 2022 12:07 AM
Staff Correspondent
The government yesterday announced closure of schools and colleges until February 6 and prohibited any kind of gathering of over 100 people to curb the spread of Covid-19 amid a rapid surge in new cases.
Issuing a gazette notification with a five-point directive, the Cabinet Division said government and private company employees must show vaccine certificates at work.
Schools and colleges will be closed from January 21 to February 6, the notification said.
Authorities of universities will take their own decisions about closures, it said.
... The DGHS reported 11,434 new coronavirus cases for 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, taking the overall tally of infections to 16,64,616. Twelve infected people died in that period.
The positivity rate also shot up to 28.49 percent, nearly double the 14.66 percent recorded a week ago on January 14.