ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (NNN-PPI) – Authorities temporarily closed Pakistan’s Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU), located in Islamabad, after several students were found suffering from COVID-19, officials said.
In a notice issued by the district health authorities, the university’s management was told to comply with the standard operating procedures, to stop further spread of the disease among students.
The authorities sealed three departments, in which infected students were reported, till further notice, and police were called in to cordon them off, while the other departments were also closed for a day.
The students of the sealed departments were told to quarantine themselves for two weeks.
Established by the Pakistani government in 1967, QAU is among Pakistan’s largest and highest ranked public universities, with a total enrolment of more than 13,000 students.
The university’s official account said that online classes for all sealed departments will continue, while transportation of the university will be suspended till further notice.
The district administration of the capital sealed 49 educational institutions, after COVID-19 cases were reported in them since Sept 15, when educational activities were resumed in the country, after a six-month halt, due to the pandemic.
A total of 328,602 people have been tested positive of the disease in Pakistan, out of which 311,075 recovered, while 6,739 died of it, the country’s health ministry said.– NNN-PPI
