Are schools closing? Here is what NCOC says

ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Tuesday rejected the rumours circulating on social media regarding the closure of primary schools amid a surge in Omicron Covid variant cases.

Taking to Twitter, the NCOC issued a clarification regarding a fake notification circulating on social media via a Twitter account.

“A fake news regarding closure of primary schools is circulating via a fake Twitter account. Action against this account has been initiated through FIA cybercrime wing,” the forum tweeted.

A fake news regarding closure of primary schools is circulating via fake twitter account. Action against this account has been initiated through FIA cyber crime wing. pic.twitter.com/qp7tL2PZe8

— NCOC (@OfficialNcoc) January 18, 2022

The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) yesterday decided against closing schools in light of rising cases of Covid-19.

Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar presided over a meeting of the NCOC that took stock of the current Covid-19 situation and mulled over restrictions to control the spread of the virus.

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Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood and provincial education ministers attended the meeting via video link.

The country’s nerve centre for Covid response had decided to begin large-scale Covid-19 testing at educational institutions. The decision on closure of schools will be taken after reviewing the case trend, it said.