SDH Pampore suspends OPD services
PAMPORE: Around 70 students who returned from Bangladesh, USA and other countries have been quarantined at JKEDI building here at saffron town Pampore. The authorities told Kashmir Reader that the students are under observation and they are monitoring them for any symptoms. “If any of them shows higher body temperature for two consecutive days, they […]
Shopian: All eleven persons from south Kashmir’s Shopian district who travelled with the lady tested positive for coronavirus have been taken to government quarantine facilities and their samples are being taken to conduct tests for coronavirus, officials said on Friday. Officials said that a team of doctors and medical experts visited the homes of these […]
40 students from England, Bangladesh being screened at airport
SRINAGAR: Seventy-eight passengers of an Air India Leh-Srinagar flight were quarantined on their arrival here on Thursday, officials said. However, a decision is awaited as regards nearly forty students who are being screened at the Srinagar airport on their arrival from England and Bangladesh. According to officials, all passengers arriving from Leh at the airport […]
SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary Thursday convened a high-level meeting with senior health and other officials to review the preparedness for tackling the threat from coronavirus and containing its spread after a positive case surfaced in the district. Director National Health Mission Bhupinder Kumar, Director Health Services Kashmir Dr Sameer Mattoo, Principal […]
JAMMU: Considering the rise in the number of COVID-19 cases across the world and in the country, Chief Secretary B. V. R. Subrahmanyam, reviewed the Cluster Containment Plan to prevent, contain and manage community transmission of infection in Jammu and Kashmir. In the meeting, the Cluster Containment strategy and steps required to be taken for […]
BUDGAM: District Development Commissioner (DDC), Budgam, Tariq Hussain Ganai Tuesday said that there is no need to panic as all the 41 Budgam residents who arrived from China and Iran have been quarantined and tested negative with no symptoms of infection of Coronavirus. DDC made these remarks during his visit to various isolation wards established […]
Srinagar: Over 40 residents of Budgam who have returned from coronavirus-hit Iran and China will be kept in nine isolation wards, an official said on Monday. District Development Commissioner (DDC), Budgam, Tariq Hussain Ganai, said 41 residents of Budgam, in central Kashmir, who arrived from Iran and China will be quarantined at 76-bed facilities established […]
What if the Coronavirus reaches the besieged Gaza Strip? While the question carries great urgency for all Palestinians living under Israel’s military occupation, the Gaza situation is particularly complex and extremely worrying. Nearly 50 countries have already reported cases of COVID-19 disease, one of several epidemics that are caused by the Coronavirus. If developed countries, […]
JAMMU: Two passengers with a travel history to Italy and South Korea have been shifted to the quarantine ward at a government medical college hospital in Jammu, officials said on Wednesday. Jammu and Kashmir has been put on alert to deal with any threat emerging due to coronavirus, even though no positive case has been […]
‘11 travellers screened test negative’
Srinagar: The government has decided to setup isolation wards in every district hospital and medical college of Jammu and Kashmir in view of the possible threat of coronavirus. According to official sources, the Lieutenant Governor G C Murmu has directed health department to set up isolation wards in every district hospital of Jammu and Kashmir […]