DC Kishtwar reviews COVID mitigation measures during late night inspection of District Hospital

KISHTWAR: Deputy Commissioner, Kishtwar, Ashok Sharma reviewed the COVID mitigation measures in district hospital during a late night inspection. He took first hand appraisal of the functioning of the district hospital, including health and patient care facilities being provided to the patients besides other COVID mitigation arrangements. The DC inspected emergency section besides other wards […]

Additional Triage Center for Covid-19 patients set up in Gandhinagar Hospital (Old Block)

JAMMU: An additional Triage centre for Covid patients has been set up in Government Gandhinagar Hospital for regulating the admission of Covid patients in Jammu district. The first Covid-19 Triage facility has been established in Chest Diseases Hospital, Jammu as first contact point for screening of any Covid +ve patient intending to get admitted in […]

IRCS Jammu celebrates World Red Cross Day

Div Com advises volunteers to reach out needy amid Covid pandemic JAMMU: Indian Red Cross Society, Jammu Region today celebrated World Red Cross Day at Red Cross Bhawan, Kachi Chawni as a mark of respect to the founder of Red Cross Movement “Sir Henry Dunant”. The theme of the world Red Cross Day 2021 is […]

Dr Jitendra Singh reviews COVID management status of Udhampur

NEW DELHI: Working from quarantine, after being discharged from the hospital following COVID -19 infection, GoI Minister Dr Jitendra Singh today reviewed On-line his UdhampurLok Sabha constituency’s COVID management status with the officers of the respective district administrations and public representatives. The meeting was held through video conference, also because Singh is yet to test […]

ISM Department provides immunity boosters to SSP office Staff at Samba

SAMBA: An Ayush immune boosting medicines distribution camp for the staff of SSP office, Samba was held, here today. The camp was inaugurated by the SSP, Rajesh Sharma in the presence of Additional SP along with Nodal Officer ISM Samba Dr Vikram Singh Jamwal. On this occasion, SSP Samba appealed all the staff to follow […]

DC Reasi reviews Covid-19 containment measures in the district

REASI: Deputy Commissioner (DC), Charandeep Singh, today convened a meeting of concerned officers to review the steps being taken to counter the CoronaVirus pandemic in the district. Among the others, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Reasi, Rajinder Kumar Sharma, ACR Sanjay Badyal, CMO Rajeev Kumar Sharma, Dy.CMO, BMOs, Doctors, ARTO and Medical staff attended the meeting. During […]

GDC Ukhral organizes online awareness programe on Covid 19 prevention

RAMBAN: Government Degree College, Ukhral today organized an online awareness programme for the students on prevention and control of Covid-19 infection to enable them to spread the message further in the society. While virtually interacting with the participating students, the Principal of the College, Dr. Ranvijay Singh exhorted upon them to act as ambassadors for […]

Record high 4,187 COVID-19 deaths in India, 4.01 lakh new cases

Record high 4,187 COVID-19 deaths in India, 4.01 lakh new cases

NEW DELHI: India saw a record 4,187 fatalities due to COVID-19 in a single day, taking the country’s death toll to 2,38,270, while 4,01,078 new infections were reported in a day, pushing the tally to 2,18,92,676, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Saturday. Registering a steady increase, the active cases have increased […]

EU agrees potential 1.8 billion-dose purchase of Pfizer Covid vaccine

EU agrees potential 1.8 billion-dose purchase of Pfizer Covid vaccine

Brussels: The European Union cemented its support for Pfizer-BioNTech and its novel COVID-19 vaccine technology Saturday by agreeing to a massive contract extension for a potential 1.8 billion doses through 2023. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tweeted that her office “has just approved a contract for a guaranteed 900 million doses” with the […]

No fresh coronavirus cases in 180 districts in a week: Govt

No fresh coronavirus cases in 180 districts in a week: Govt

New Delhi: No fresh COVID-19 cases have been detected in 180 districts in the country in the last seven days, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday. In his virtual address at the 25th meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) to discuss the pandemic situation, the minister said that as on date, 1.34 […]