RAASHID HASSAN: Shopian: A curious development has taken place in Shopian district where two persons, a husband and wife, tested positive on Saturday evening even though they had been for 14 days in quarantine and had not shown any symptoms for 18 days since they came back from Umrah pilgrimage. On March 18 the first […]
Shopian: Two more positive cases were detected in Kashmir on Saturday evening taking the overall count of COVID-19 cases to 94. Two postive cases were reported from south Kashmir’s district Shopian. Officials said that samples of two patients which were taken on Friday and both were found positive after their reports came by Saturday evening.The duo […]
Shopian: The government has decided to allow transportation of plant and root stock meant for high-density plantation of apples to avoid economic losses to growers. But growers have to follow strict guidelines set by the authorities to stop spread of Covid-19. Director Horticulture Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat told Kashmir Reader that growers and private agencies […]
Shopian: Export of apple has resumed after it was suspended due to Covid-19 lockdown with owners allowed to send fruit to the different parts of India. A store owner from Shopian told Kashmir Reader that from Friday they are going to start the export of apple with limited quantity to other parts of India. “The […]
Shopian: People with travel history with Kashmir’s first positive Coronavirus patient have been sent to quarantine again on Thursday. Eleven people from Shopain have travelled with the first Corona case from Saudi Arabia last month. According to officials, ten people among them have been taken for quarantine again as eleventh of them were found positive. […]
Shopian: Doctors have advised orchardists to take precautionary measures such as wearing masks, gowns, gloves and use of head cover during spraying and also avoid going in groups to fields in wake of Covid-19 outbreak. Dr Showkat Ahmad, who is assistant professor at government medical College Anantnag, told Kashmir Reader that it is important for […]
Shopian: In wake of two positive cases reported from district Shopian, the Deputy Commissioner has issued a final notice to people who have concealed their travel history to report to the authorities within a day or face strict action under law. Besides the warning, two villages – Sedow and Jamnagri, where the persons tested positive […]
SHOPIAN/ANANTNAG: People put on quarantine in an isolation ward at Shopian hospital have accused health officials and government forces of “ill treating” them. One of the quarantined persons told Kashmir Reader that no doctor visited him for three days while he was kept locked in a room. Shakir Ahmed, a resident of Hirpora, said that […]
Shopian: Government Degree College Shopian has become the second college in Kashmir to start on-line classes amid the coronavirus lockdown which has paralysed normal life and education. The move was highly appreciated by parents and students in the district. Sakib Ahmad, a student of the college, said that now students will be able to complete […]
SHOPIAN: Essential goods are running out of stock at shops in south Kashmir’s Shopian villages due to Covid-19 lockdown. Aashiq Hussain, a local shopkeeper, who used to go to Shopian market for buying goods, has not come out of his house since lockdown was imposed. People here complain of a shortage of essentials in the […]