34583 Tribune News Service Amritsar, February 22 The district Education Department has ordered to close for 48 hours (as per SOPs) five schools that reported fresh cases of Covid-19 here on Sunday. The decision comes after several cases of Covid-19 were reported from a private school and four government schools. DEO Satinder Bir Singh said the department was following the required SOPs in the case. “We had received the detailed SOPs from the Civil Surgeon that states that in case of single Covid-19 positive case, individual quarantine and sampling of the contacts of the person, who tested positive, will be done. In case more than one case of Covid-19 is reported from a particular institution, then it must be closed for 48 hours. We will be observing the situation in the coming days and watching closely for any further cases,” he said. On Sunday, five teachers from Senior Study School and four teachers from government schools in Sultanwind, Chabba, Manawala and Jethuwal reportedly tested positive. The department has now begun the contact tracing and conducting tests on students and individuals who came in contact with positive cases.