Zubair Qureshi
District Health authorities on Wednesday recommended sealing of the building of the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) and two colleges after cases of coronavirus were reported there.
A day earlier three cases of coronavirus were reported in the Federal Directorate of Education prompting the District Health Officer to conduct coronavirus tests of the employees and on Wednesday after one more case was reported it was decided to seal and disinfect the building.
A circular issued by the FDE says, “As a consequence of recent pandemic coronavirus positive cases spotted in the Federal Directorate of Education it has been decided by the competent authority that all officers/officials will work from home except Directors for next two days i.e. 15-10-2020 to 16-10-2020.”
The employees and officers are also directed to keep their cell phones switched on and not to leave the station as they need to stay in touch with the office through the internet and cell phones for discharge of their official duties from home, further says the circular.
Meanwhile, two more educational institutions, a college and a school, were sealed on the recommendation of the DHO over emergence of coronavirus cases.
Among the schools sealed include the Islamabad Model College for Girls (IMCG) Korang Town and a private school in Chak Shahzad. With closure of these two educational institutions, the number of educational institutions has jumped to 28.
Islamabad, meanwhile, reported 98 confirmed cases of coronavirus during the last twenty-four hours taking the total number of infections to 17,526 while the number of deaths remained 189 without adding a single casualty during the last one day.
Recoveries in Islamabad from the coronavirus are also more than 16,000 i.e. 16,448 to be exact.
According to Dr Zaeem Zia, District Health officer, health staff are investigating the 98 cases detected recently against 4,594 tests for coronavirus. We are tracing their contacts and conducting tests further, he said. The positivity rate of coronavirus in the city remains a little over 2% i.e. 2.1% he said.
