Tariq Saeed
Peshawar
Like other parts of the country the deadly Corona Virus has also started ringing alarm bells in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where 8 deaths were reported in a single day on Wednesday with 190 new cases thus taking the total tally of those killed by the COVID-19 to 1302 and total positive cases to more than 42000.Thosed eaten up by the epidemic during the last few days also include three a few two doctors and a medical student.
On the other hand as many as81 schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) were sealed over violation of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) designed to curb coronavirus spread. On Tuesday, according to the KP health department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province had witnessed a massive spike in COVID-19 cases after it recorded 226 fresh virus cases within the 24 hours.
A report released on Wednesday stated that 81 schools including 78 government and three private were sealed after found violating the SOPs. 62 schools were allowed to reopen after compliance with the standard operating procedures, while 19 government schools are still sealed. The report highlighted that the COVID-19 testing ratio increased to 1.51pc from 1.12 in the last month of October.