{"id":19384,"date":"2023-09-27T16:52:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T11:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=19384"},"modified":"2023-09-27T16:52:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T11:52:32","slug":"punjab-announces-4-day-school-holiday-due-to-conjunctivitis-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/punjab-announces-4-day-school-holiday-due-to-conjunctivitis-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab announces 4-day school holiday due to conjunctivitis outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Punjab government has announced closing all private and government educational institutions across the province from Thursday to Sunday due to a conjunctivitis outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>The decision comes after caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Wednesday visited a government school in Lahore and expressed annoyance over the presence of students affected by conjunctivitis.<\/p>\n<p>The interim chief minister summoned the secretary of schools immediately and directed that children suffering from the virus will not be allowed to attend school.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was taken to protect children from the conjunctivitis epidemic in Punjab, the secretary of schools said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the wake of the spread of Conjunctivitis \/ Pink Eye Infection 141 among school kids, Competent Authority is pleased to announce that all Public &amp; Private Schools of the Province shall remain closed from Thursday 28-09-2023 till Sunday 01-10-2023,\u201d read an official notification.<\/p>\n<p>It further said that all schools will reopen from Monday and observe the standard operating procedures (SOPs) to curb the spread of pink eye infection.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/eid-ul-adha-govt-finally-announces-arafah-day-holiday.html\">Eid ul Adha: Govt finally announces Arafah Day holiday<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll Chief Executive Officers (DEAs) in Punjab are directed to ensure compliance of the orders,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Conjunctivitis is an eye condition caused by infection or allergies. It usually gets better in a couple of weeks without treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media after visiting the school, CM Naqvi said conjunctivitis is spreading rapidly in schools and six to seven children in each class were found affected by conjunctivitis.<\/p>\n<p>He said SOPs will be strictly implemented from Monday in all educational institutions across the province under which teachers will inspect the eyes of every child at the school entrance.<\/p>\n<p>Conjunctivitis is also known as red or pink eye.<\/p>\n<p>It usually affects both eyes and makes them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Red<\/li>\n<li>burn or feel gritty<\/li>\n<li>produce pus that sticks to lashes<\/li>\n<li>itch<\/li>\n<li>water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Punjab government has announced closing all private and government educational institutions across the province from Thursday to Sunday due to a conjunctivitis outbreak. The decision comes after caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Wednesday visited a government school in Lahore and expressed annoyance over the presence of students affected by conjunctivitis. The interim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,7,2],"tags":[10099,7915,189],"class_list":["post-19384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-health","category-pakistan","tag-conjunctivitis-outbreak","tag-holiday","tag-punjab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}