Srinagar: The elderly woman who was tested positive for coronavirus in Kashmir on Wednesday had escaped mandatory quarantine on arrival from Saudi Arabia as she walked out of the Srinagar airport using the VIP exit gate after her influential relative intervened, Kashmir Reader has learnt. Official sources told Kashmir Reader that the woman from Khanyar, […]
DANISH HAMEED If you are not already in a region where the novel coronavirus has appeared, be rest assured it will; and no amount of counter information that if you are not very old or not a child, you are not susceptible; or that the hot months are coming to make life miserable for the […]
AAMIR ALTAF India with a population of 1,210,193,422, as accounted by the March 2011 population census, is a unique assimilation of ethnic groups of varied cultures and religions. However, the vastness of India’s Hindu religion, accounting for a plethora of cultural extravaganza, is the reason why the country is seen more as a seat of […]
DR REYAZ AHMAD GANAIE I would like to make a few suggestions on how to use internet technology in the fight against coronavirus. The first and foremost would be for the government of India to have an online registration portal, run by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and supported by Ministry of Electronics and […]
Six test negative in Kashmir, no new positive case in J&K
Srinagar: Health authorities on Tuesday said that three new suspected cases of novel coronavirus have been reported in Kashmir while 21 others are still under hospital-based quarantine awaiting complete recovery even though their test reports came negative. Medical Superintendent of SKIMS Soura, Dr Farooq A Jan told Kashmir Reader that they received a new suspected […]
NEW DELHI: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday said that total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has reached 137. As per Ministry figures, the highest number of cases are from Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka. Notably, a couple of states such as Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Haryana have shut down schools and colleges in […]
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government has declared the coronavirus infection an epidemic and said any person who refuses to follow orders on prevention or treatment of the disease would be dealt under the law. This was declared in a four-page notification issued by the Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education Department, Atal Dulloo, following […]
BARAMULLA: Amid coronavirus worries, filthy streams and drains in north Kashmir’s Baramulla town is posing a threat to human health with locals saying that it can borne diseases. “All the drains are filled with waste. Streams are filthy. Markets too give a different picture. It is a matter of concern,” locals said. They said that […]
2,478 persons under surveillance in J&K; 2,095 under home quarantine
SRINAGAR: Four persons with suspected Coronavirus-like symptoms were admitted to the isolation wards of two Srinagar hospitals on Monday. Samples of these patients have been collected and their reports are likely to be received on Tuesday. Three of these patients had returned from Saudi Arabia while the fourth has a travel history to Pakistan. Their […]
NEW DELHI: COVID-19 extended its footprint in India on Monday with the eastern state of Odisha reporting its first coronavirus patient and one new case each in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Kerala, taking the total count to 114, Health Ministry officials said. The Maharashtra government also reported four more patients of the infection, as […]