J&K records three Covid-19 deaths, 155 fresh cases

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported three Covid-19 deaths on Monday taking the death toll in Jammu and Kashmir to 31. The three persons who became the latest victim of Covid-19 include a 45-year-old man of Shopian. He was admitted to SKIMS Soura with chronic Kidney Diseases (on Sunday and was kept in an isolation ward. […]

Govt to penalise travellers for violating Covid protocol

Govt to penalise travellers for violating Covid protocol

JAMMU: The government has appealed all the people travelling by road, rail and air to strictly observe the necessary preventive protocols for containing the spread of COVID 19 pandemic. “Violation of the instructions will attract penalties under the Disaster Management Act-2005 and other provisions of law,” a communiqué issued here by the government said on […]

Advisor Baseer Khan for testing of medical staff, other employees at Zig Qazigund

Advisor Baseer Khan for testing of medical staff, other employees at Zig Qazigund

ANANTNAG: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan today directed Anantnag district administration to ensure COVID-19 testing of doctors, paramedics and other employees. The Advisor passed the directions while inspecting Zig Qazigund here to take stock of screening and other arrangements. He also directed Deputy Commissioner Anantnag to ensure social distancing, proper sanitization in all […]

R&B department plays key role in Covid mitigation efforts

207 works costing 634.19 crore in progress: CE Kashmir

R&B department plays key role in Covid mitigation efforts

207 works costing 634.19 crore in progress: CE Kashmir SRINAGAR: At a time when doctors, paramedics, police and administration are deemed to be the frontline warriors to fight COVID-19, it needs mention that Public Works (Roads & Buildings) Department, Kashmir has played pivotal role in setting up quarantine centres and COVID wellness centre all across […]

17 pregnant women among 105 test positive in Kashmir

17 pregnant women among 105 test positive in Kashmir

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 105 new coronavirus cases on Sunday taking the total number of Covid-19 patients in J&K to 2,446, officials said. They said 17 among the new positive patients are expecting mothers from Baramulla, Kulgam, Srinagar and Anantnag districts and a nursing orderly from Chest Diseases Hospital. Besides them, 34 are recent […]

Two SSG personnel reported positive

Two SSG personnel reported positive

Srinagar: Two Special Security Group (SSG) commandos have tested positive for novel coronavirus in Kashmir Valley, officials said on Sunday. They said samples of eight SSG commandos were taken on May 27 and their results returned on May 29. “Two among them, one from Srinagar and another from Bandipora district, returned positive for the disease […]

Three more areas declared Red Zones in Baramulla

Three more areas declared Red Zones in Baramulla

Baramulla: Amid the growing number of Covid-19 cases in district Baramulla, the areas of Gantamulla Payeen and Gantamula in Tehsil Narvaw and Khawajabagh area in Tehsil Baramulla were declared as red zones on Sunday. An order passed by the district magistrate Baramulla Dr Gulam Nabi Itoo read that people of these three areas are asked […]

Mishandling of sample collection in Baramulla, DM orders probe

Mishandling of sample collection in Baramulla, DM orders probe

Baramulla: The district administration Baramulla has ordered an inquiry into the alleged mishandling of sample collection for Covid-19 tests in Baramulla district. An order passed by the Deputy Commissioner Baramulla, Dr Gulam Nabi Itoo, on Sunday said, “It has come to the notice and even has been highlighted in various media forums, including social media, […]

Senior IAS officer tests positive for COVID-19 in J&K

Jammu: A senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer has tested positive for COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir following which several bureaucrats and doctors, who attended a meeting with him on Saturday, have gone into self-quarantine, officials said. The officer, who is posted as the principal secretary to the government, was tested for coronavirus infection at […]

J&K Covid tally crosses 2,300 as 177 test positive

J&K Covid tally crosses 2,300 as 177 test positive

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 177 new coronavirus cases on Saturday taking the total number of Covid-19 patients in J&K to 2,341, officials said. Among the positive cases are 100 travellers who returned from different parts of the country to Jammu and Kashmir. Ten among the new positive patients are expecting mothers from Anantnag and […]

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