Schools in Karachi, Hyderabad should not reopen until COVID-19 positivity ratio falls: Sindh Health Minister.

KARACHI -- Schools and other educational institutes should not be reopened in Karachi and Hyderabad as the cities have a high coronavirus positivity ratio, Sindh Health Minister Azra Pechuho said Saturday.

The health minister's comments come a day after Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood announced the reopening of educational institutions across the country starting from January 18.

Addressing a press conference in Karachi, the health minister said that educational institutes should be reopened only after the positivity rate reaches 3% - which stood at 10% a day earlier in Sindh.

Clarifying that not all educational institutions were...

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