Srinagar: Srinagar Municipal Corporation Mayor Junaid Mattu and Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahamd Khan on Monday gave contrasting statements over closure of schools in the Srinagar. While Mattu said that closure of the schools was the domain of the elected body, Khan opined that closing or keeping open the educational institutions was an administrative matter […]
SKIMS calls police as miscreants throw stones at isolation facility
Srinagar: The six individuals admitted to the isolation facility of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura due to symptoms of novel Coronavirus, have been tested negative of the deadly virus, officials said on Tuesday. Medical Superintendent Dr Farooq A Jan said six persons having travel history to Coronavirus affected countries had been tested negative of […]
NEW DELHI: Fifty-eight Indians were brought back home from coronavirus-hit Iran in a military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday. The aircraft, a C-17 Globemaster, was sent to Tehran from Hindon airbase near Ghaziabad on Monday evening. IAF spokesperson Group Captain Anupam Banerjee said the aircraft evacuated 25 men, 31 women […]
Jammu: Four people with travel history to coronavirus-hit countries and three more who had a guest from Italy stay with them have been put under home quarantine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said on Tuesday. Two persons each in Vijaypur and Swankha areas and three in Samba area of the district have been […]
Jammu: A 63-year-old woman tested positive for coronavirus here, making her the first confirmed case in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday. This raises the number of cases in the country to 41. Officials in Kochi on Monday said that a three-year-old child tested positive for coronavirus in Kerala. The woman, who had a […]
Srinagar: The Srinagar administration is putting in place elaborate arrangements as part of preparedness to prevent the spread in the district of novel coronavirus that is spreading around the world. Starting at the airport the administration has beefed up screening arrangements having set up five help-desks with strengthened support staff and is screening all arrivals […]
Govt shuts primary schools in six J&K districts
Srinagar: All private and government primary schools in six districts of Jammu and Kashmir were ordered shut by the government after two suspected coronavirus patients undergoing treatment in Jammu were declared “high viral-load cases”. “The test reports of the two suspected coronavirus patients were received, which suggested a high viral-load. There is high probability of […]
Suggests for suspending tourism, sports activities
Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday appealed the government to focus on screening of travellers at airports and railway stations and training medical teams to combat the novel Coronavirus, president DAK Dr Suhail Naik said that they are in touch with global health experts and it is important to recognize that COVID-19 is a […]
Srinagar: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued a fresh Coronavirus advisory to schools and other educational institutions following the increase in confirmed cases of COVID-19 in India. However, most of the government and private schools in Jammu and Kashmir have failed to implement the compulsory recommendations. According to official sources, the Directorate […]
2 flee from Jammu hospital brought back
Srinagar: Five persons with a recent history of travelling to Coronavirus-affected countries have been admitted to SKIMS Hospital Soura after they showed symptoms of the disease, officials said. “We have kept the five persons in the isolation ward at the SKIMS hospital in Soura,” they said. The officials added that samples of the suspects were […]