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Pakistan to start opening schools as coronavirus cases fall

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ISLAMABAD : Education officials in Pakistan say authorities will start reopening schools from Sept. 15 amid a steady decline in coronavirus deaths and infections.Schools were closed in March when the government enforced a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Authorities lifted curbs on most of the businesses in May, but schools remained closed across the country.Officials said schools will reopen in Punjab and Sindh provinces from Sept.

15 and a formal announcement about opening of schools elsewhere was expected later Monday.On Sunday, Pakistan reported three new deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, one of the lowest number of daily fatalities in more five months.Pakistan has reported 298,903 infections and 6,345.

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