The government has decided to shut down all schools, colleges and equivalent educational institutions till February 6 amid the spike in Covid-19 infection caused by the Omicron variant.
The Cabinet Division on Friday issued a notification in this regard.
The notification provided five other directives which are:
--The universities will take similar measures on their respective campuses.
--No social, state, political, and religious gathering will be allowed to have more than 100 persons. Participants must obtain either vaccination certificate or negative RT-PCR Covid-19 test report.
--Officers and staff in public and private offices and factories must obtain a vaccine certificate. The authorities concerned will bear the responsibility in this regard.
--Everyone must wear mask at all public places such as kitchen markets, shopping malls, bus stands, launch terminals, and railway stations.
--The administration and law enforcers will be monitoring whether the directives are being implemented.