SRINAGAR: There were no collective Holi celebrations this year at any of the government forces in Jammu and Kashmir, due to fears of the deadly coronavirus. Army, CRPF and BSF, the three main establishments that control streets in Jammu and Kashmir, had instructed its personnel not to celebrate Holi. Holi is an ancient Hindu festival […]
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: The round-the-clock control room established in Srinagar as part of arrangements put in place to prevent spread of novel coronavirus has made and received some 400 calls since Monday afternoon after it was activated. While most of these calls were dialled out from the control room a significant number of these calls were those […]
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 […]
Srinagar:External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived on a surprise visit to Kashmir on Monday and met the relatives of those people, including students, who are stranded in Iran amidst coronavirus scare, officials said. They said the Union minister reached the valley on Monday morning and he will take a briefing on the security situation in […]
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 […]
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 […]
HANDWARA: Police in Handwara held awareness session on the precautionary measures required to be taken to protection from the infection of Coronavirus The programme that was held under the supervision of SP Handwara Dr G V Sundeep Chakravarthy-IPS was held at the conference hall of DPL Handwara in which the fficers , police personnel , […]
‘College lab and virology lab at Chest Diseases Hospital will be used for coronavirus testing’
Srinagar: The Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar has asked the health ministry and the Indian Council of Medical Research to send kits for testing people suspected of having the novel coronavirus. The GMC has said that the kits are “urgently needed” to prevent the spread of the deadly virus. According to officials, GMC Srinagar and […]
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 […]