QUETTA:A consultative meeting of the authorities of Health Department and Education Department was held here on Monday to review the situation caused by novel coronavirus in the education institutions of the province.
Meeting was attended by Minister for Colleges, Higher, Technical and Secondary Education, Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind, Secretary, Secondary Education Department, Shair Khan Bazai, Director General, Health Services, Balochistan, Dr Nasir Ali Bughti, head of Corona Cell, Balochistan, Dr Naqeebullah Niazi and others. Giving a briefing to the participants of the meeting, Dr Naqeebullah Niazi said that the ratio of COVID-19 pandemic in the province was between six to seven percent.
Dr Nasir Ali Bughti, Director General, Health Services, Balochistan informed the meeting that all necessary facilities had been provided to the COVID-19 vaccination centres of the province in compliance with the directives of Chief Minister Balochistan, Jam Kamal Khan, Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Dr Rubaba Khan Buledi and Secretary, Health Department, Nur-ul-Haq Baloch.
Meeting decided to ensure implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in the education institutions of the province in accordance with the guidelines given by National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). It was also decided to seek the services of teachers on voluntarily basis for conducting the test of novel coronavirus.