SYDNEY: BCCI President Sourav Ganguly’s request for a shorter than mandated quarantine period for the Indian team in Brisbane, ahead of its tour of Australia, is likely to be rejected, said a report in the Sydney Morning Herald. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the rules of the game, which restarted with the Test series between […]
DUBAI: World’s top all-rounder Ben Stokes is set to arrive in the UAE for the Indian Premier League on Sunday and will join his side Rajasthan Royals after serving a six-day quarantine period. Stokes missed the initial matches of the tournament as he was in New Zealand to be with his ailing father Ged. The […]
DUBAI: Australian cricketers like Steve Smith and David Warner will have to remain in isolation for six days after arrival in the UAE for the Indian Premier League (IPL) despite having spent time at bio-secure bubble in the UK, according to Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) bowling consultant Eric Simons. Smith (Rajasthan Royals), Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad) […]
Srinagar: It has been four months but the Kashmir administration is yet to pay the hotels which were used for quarantine of Covid-19 patients and suspects. Abdul Wahid, president of Kashmir Hotel and Restaurant Owners Federation, told Kashmir Reader that the administration used the services of 144 hotels for about two months to house Covid […]
Business travellers can go straight to hotel from airport JAMMU: The State Executive Committee (SEC) has issued revised Quarantine Procedures and Protocols to be followed for all incoming passengers by Air, Rail and Road into the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The SOPs regarding COVID testing have been revised by the SEC in supersession […]
SRINAGAR: In an important modification to the protocol for Covid-19 patients and their contacts, the Jammu and Kashmir Government on Thursday revised home isolation guidelines to permit for home quarantine patients who are asymptomatic and with no co-morbidity. An order issued by the Health & Medical Education Department asked Divisional, District as well as designated […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Wednesday rued the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) and unsatisfactory facilities being accorded to inmates at various quarantine facilities across Kashmir saying those lodged at such facilities are aghast on the unhygienic and inhospitable conditions there. Party’s senior leader and Member of Parliament from Baramulla Muhammad Akbar […]
SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang K Pole chaired a weekly Covid-19 review meeting with all Deputy Commissioners, Health Officers and others concerned on Wednesday. Taking a review of preparations, the Div Com asked DCs and health officers to gear for effective home isolation of asymptomatic patients and home quarantine of their contacts. He said that […]
JAMMU: In a significant decision with regard to management of COVID-19 patients and in line with the earlier decision of reserving four tertiary hospitals in Srinagar as referral centres, the three tertiary hospitals in Jammu city shall now also be only referral hospitals for COVID-19 admissions. This was decided in a meeting chaired by the […]
JAMMU: In a significant decision with regard to management of COVID-19 patients and in line with the earlier decision of reserving four tertiary hospitals in Srinagar as referral centres, the three tertiary hospitals in Jammu city shall now also be only referral hospitals for COVID-19 admissions. This was decided in a meeting chaired by […]