COVID-19: Atal Dullo reviews contact tracing, cluster surveillance process
JAMMU, APRIL 17: Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education, Atal Dulloo today convened a meeting to review cluster surveillance and contract tracing process aimed to contain spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. The meeting was attended by Mission Director, National Health Mission, J&K; Principal Government Medical College Jammu; Director Health Services, Jammu; State Surveillance Officer Jammu; […]
Ganderbal Administration Launches e-Pass service
GANDERBAL, APRIL 17: As a proactive measure for ensuring social distancing and for the convenience of the general public and government employees of district Ganderbal in emergent situations for obtaining movement passes, the District Administration today launched e-Pass service. On the occasion, the Deputy Commissioner, Shafqat Iqbal, informed that the District Administration is making every […]
COVID-19: Complete restrictions to remain enforced in Srinagar till May 3
Order in line with MHA’s revised lockdown guidelines which exclude areas notified as COVID-19 containment zones from exemptions after April 20 and as per SOP the J&K SEC has laid down for these zones SRINAGAR, APRIL 17: In view of the prevailing health situation because of outbreak of COVID-19 the District Magistrate Srinagar Dr Shahid […]
COVID-19: North Kashmir man dies in Srinagar hospital, toll 5 in J-K
Srinagar: A patient of COVID-19 has died at Jehlum Valley Hospital, Sher-i-Kashmir Institutue of Medical Science, in Srinagar on Friday. Now, the death toll in Jammu and Kashmir has reached to five; among them, four have died in Kashmir, while one in Udhampur. Medical Superintendent, JVC SKIMS, Bemina, Dr. Shafia Deval, told that a COVID-19 patient, […]
Four arrested in Shopian, truck carrying large quantity of codeine phosphate seized
Srinagar: Four persons were arrested along with a large quantity of codeine-phosphate in Shopian, south Kashmir, on Friday. A police officer told that a truck bearing registration number — JK01AD-2504, was intercepted by a police naka party following a tip off at Habdipora area on Thursday night. During searches, thirty-six boxes of codeine-phosphate were recovered, the […]
Palghar mob lynching: Three men beaten to death over suspected theft
Three men were lynched in Gadchinchle in Palghar district of Maharashtra by a local tribal, who though they were thieves. The three were travelling in a car on Thursday when they were stopped by a vigilante group that locals had set up to patrol the area during the night. All the three men from Nasik […]
India hospital segregates Muslim and Hindu coronavirus patients
In what many are calling a case of “apartheid” during a global pandemic, a government-run hospital in Ahmedabad, the main city in the western Indian state of Gujarat, has segregated coronavirus patients based on their religion, claiming the order came from the government. “Generally, there are separate wards for male and female patients. But here, […]
The great fall of China’s economy: GDP set for historic plunge
The coronavirus that is now crushing demand for goods and services around the world first appeared in late December in China, and the country is getting set to announce what most analysts expect will be a historic contraction in economic activity. After two months of a severe lockdown on people and businesses to curb the spread of […]
‘Hope cricket resumes as soon as possible’
The Covid-19 pandemic has made us face a difficult time. Especially as an athlete, because we are used to a busy life—we’re always training, travelling and playing matches. As soon I landed in India from Australia (after the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup last month), I realised the problem the world was dealing with. Since […]
Covid-19 cases in India climb to 13,387, death toll at 437
India reported 724 new Covid-19 cases and 23 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry on Friday morning. The ministry’s website showed at 8am that there were 11,201 active cases, 1748 people have been cured or discharged from hospitals and 427 Covid-19 related fatalities. Maharashtra inched toward the 4000 mark […]