The Balochistan government on Wednesday night announced to extend the winter holidays of all educational institutes till 15th of March after at least two cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Pakistan
According to Baolchistan minister for education, all the public and private educational institutes will remain closed till 15th of March. The schools in Balochistan were scheduled to reopen on 1st of March.
The step has been taken to prevent the students from the deadly virus, he added.
Two cases of novel coronavirus had been reported in Pakistan yesterday while the first case of COVID-19 emerged in Karachi from a citizen who flew back from Iran along with his family.
Special Assistant to Pakistani Prime Minister on Health, Dr Zafar Mirza had said in his Twitter messages that two coronavirus cases had been detected in Pakistan.