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Pakistan shuts all educational institutions over covid-19 fear

Pakistan on Friday shut down all educational institutions across the country for the next three weeks during the outbreak of the novel.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Security Committee, chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, in the capital Islamabad, Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood said on Twitter.

Chief of Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, marine and air force chiefs, and senior ministers also attended the meeting.

“It has been decided to close all educational institutions in the country until April 5,” Mahmood said, adding that the Department of Education will decide on March 27 whether to extend the closure, to all public and private schools, universities and educational institutions.

International flights will only operate from Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad airlines at a moderate price, the Pakistan National Security Committee decided.

The most awaited decision came after the southern state government of Sindh – the most affected by the literary virus in Pakistan – announced the closure of all schools, colleges and universities until May 31.

The Ministry of the Interior has ordered the closure of the country’s borders with neighboring Iran and March 16 to coincide with a two-week National Security Committee resolution “for the interest of each country.”

Also, Pakistan Day’s cultural correspondent, scheduled for March 23, has been canceled.

In addition, the entire process of the Senate, which is the upper house of parliament, was postponed for the next two weeks, a Senate spokesman said in a statement.

22 cases in Pakistan so far

Pakistan on Friday confirmed the first case of a national coronavirus caused by an infection in the country, increasing the number of people with COVID-19 to 22.

In all previous cases, patients had a history of traveling to neighboring Iran and Syria.

In all, 16 have been reported in Sindh province.

The remaining cases have been reported in the capital Islamabad, in the southwestern province of Balochistan, and in northern Gilgit-Baltistan. Three of them have been found so far.

In a related development, 10 other foreign players playing in the Pakistan Super League cricket tournament have opted to leave Pakistan over the coronavirus, said a statement from the Pakistan Cricket Board.

The government has decided to hold the remaining league games without spectators.

Following the emergence of Wuhan, China in December of last year, the novel novelonavirus, officially known as COVID-19, has now spread to at least 123 countries.

The global death toll has now risen to over 5,000, and more than 132,000 cases have been confirmed, according to the World Health Organization, which revealed the disease had progressed.

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