The little children headed back to school across Sindh as government and private schools resumed primary classes across the province, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

The schools resumed the primary classes (from nursery to Grade V) with strict adherence to the COVID-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs).

The decision to reopen the primary classes in the schools was taken at a meeting of the provincial task force on coronavirus in Karachi, last week, chaired by Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah. The meeting had also decided to reopen shrines, amusement parks and indoor gyms from June 28.

On June 15, on-campus classes of 6th to 8th resumed across Sindh. The announcement to reopen in-person classes was made by Sindh Minister for Education Saeed Ghani.

On Monday, Sindh has recorded 595 new cases during the last 24 hours taking the provincial tally to 332,254 with 19,615 active cases, the NCOC data for the last 24 hours shows.

With 14 new deaths related to the deadly disease, the death toll in Sindh reached 5,341. With 231 new recoveries, 307,298 patients have recovered from the virus in the province so far.