DM Shopian convenes meet, stresses on effective contact tracing, travel history
SHOPIAN, MARCH 29: District Magistrate Shopian, Choudhary Mohammad Yasin, said that sufficient quarantine bed capacity has been set up at various places in the district besides putting in place other arrangements. The DM said this while chairing a meeting of designated nodal officers at district headquarter today in order to have a firsthand status of […]
Don’t pay heed to unverified reports on social media: Dir SKIMS
SRINAGAR, MARCH 29: Director, Shere-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, Dr AG Ahanger today appealed to people not to pay heed to unverified reports attributed to him on the social media regarding the spread of Coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir A message, which is being circulated on social networking sites attributing Director SKIMS to […]
COVID-19: IIT Bombay develops two apps to track violations by those in quarantine
As the coronavirus crisis spreads, IIT-Bombay has come up with two mobile applications that can track violations by people supposed to be in quarantine. Developed by the Computer Science and Engineering department, the apps are called “Corontine” and “Safe”. While Corontine can register asymptomatic carriers and track them to check if they are confined to their quarantined […]
Coronavirus update: Spain, Italy demand EU help; New Yorkers avoid travel
Spain and Italy demanded more European help as they fight still-surging coronavirus infections amid the continent’s worst crisis since World War II. In the U.S., authorities urged millions in the hard-hit New York City region to stop traveling to keep the virus contained. From Milan to Madrid to Michigan, medics are making tough choices about […]
E-commerce, online firms struggle to get permits to deliver essentials, run warehouses
BENGALURU : After four days of the lockdown, e-commerce and other online delivery companies are still struggling to obtain permits to operate warehouse and deliver food, medicines and other essential items to customers. Companies said that there is little coordination not only between the central government and states but within states too, as different cities in […]
Defying social-distancing norms in Singapore now means fine up to Rs 5 lakh or jail time
New Delhi: Singapore has a message for people defying social-distancing norms amid the Covid-19 pandemic — pay a fine of up to $10,000 (Singapore Dollar, just over Rs 5 lakh) or serve up to six months in jail. The punishment also applies to people returning from abroad who defy the mandatory 14-day quarantine. The Singapore government has now empowered quarantine […]
Covid-19: what we know and do not know about the coronavirus
Reports that a woman in Japan has tested positive for the Covid-19 disease for a second time, after seemingly recovering, will alarm scientists and public health experts trying to control the spreading epidemic, and underlines how much we still do not know. There are a number of possible explanations for the second positive test of the woman, in her […]
Coronavirus: Five More Test Positive, Total Cases 38
Srinagar In a sudden spurt in coronavirus cases in Kashmir, five more COVID-19 positive cases were reported in the Valley on Sunday. This takes the total number of coronavirus disease (COVID1-9) cases in the entire J&K to 38. “5 more positives cases confirmed in Kashmir -2 from Srinagar, 2 Budgam, 1 Baramulla,” tweeted government spokesman […]
Coronavirus Pandemic: Italy Records Another 889 Deaths, Spain 832; US Has Highest Confirmed Cases
Italy’s death toll from the novel coronavirus shot past 10,000 on Saturday with 889 new deaths, the country’s civil protection service said. The toll in Italy, which has suffered more deaths than any other country, now stands at 10,023. An additional 5,974 infections brought to 92,472 the number of people who have officially tested positive […]
Trump drops idea of coronavirus lockdowns: Live updates
US President Donald Trump has backed away from imposing a quarantine in the New York area, instead directing that a “strong travel advisory” be issued for the area. The announcement on Twitter came late on Saturday as criticism grew over Trump’s earlier call to prohibit travel in and out of virus hotspots in the states of […]