The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is likely to stop coronavirus screening in schools if the current low incidence of the virus continues by the middle of the current month, officials say.

They, however, told Dawn that the final decision about it would be taken by the National Command and Operation Centre, which had ordered countrywide Covid-19 screening in educational institutions ahead of their reopening.

The officials said the coronavirus positivity ratio in schools was 1.22 per cent, which was normal and wasn’t a cause of worry.

They, however, said confirmed patients should isolate themselves at home and stay away from the elderly people and those with underlying medical conditions.

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