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3969 fresh covid-19 cases reported in J&K

3969 fresh covid-19 cases reported in J&K

Jammu and Kashmir reported 3969 fresh covid-19 cases while 62 more people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday, officials said. They said 1375 fresh cases were confirmed from Jammu division and 2594 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 255888. Death toll due the virus reached 3355 […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Slow vaccination

Slow vaccination

There are media reports making rounds that Jammu and Kashmir is virtually running out of covid vaccines. Non availability of vaccines is becoming a problem and even in Srinagar city people are not getting vaccines at the designated centres. Such shortage of vaccines in Jammu and Kashmir has created lot of problems on the ground […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Secy Tribal Affairs Shahid Iqbal Choudhary hospitalized after minor heart attack

Secy Tribal Affairs Shahid Iqbal Choudhary hospitalized after minor heart attack

Secretary Tribal Affairs Department J&K, Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, has suffered a minor heart attack and has been admitted to a hospital in Jammu, officials said on Wednesday. Quoting officials, news agency GNS reported that Choudhary, who presenly oversees COVID-19  containment in Jammu, suffered “Myocardial Infarcation” last night and was admitted to Ankur Maitrika Hospital. One […]

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Covid hit families

Covid hit families

Covid 19 second wave has hit badly Jammu and Kashmir and presently the number of fatalities has increased. On an average in the past few weeks 50 people are consumed by Covid 19 on daily basis. In order to share their pain and suffering, Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha recently announced a financial package for such […]

 Crescent Kashmir

DC Srinagar visits Chest Disease, SMHS hospitals to oversee installation of 3 new Oxygen Plants

DC Srinagar visits Chest Disease, SMHS hospitals to oversee installation of 3 new Oxygen Plants

Asks MED to work in day-night shifts to make plants operational within 72 hours SRINAGAR, MAY 18: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad today visited Chest Disease and SMHS hospitals to oversee the process of installation of three new Oxygen Generation Plants including  two plants of 1000 lpm capacity each and another of […]

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Jammu and Kashmir reported 3967 fresh COVID-19 cases

Jammu and Kashmir reported 3967 fresh COVID-19 cases

Jammu and Kashmir reported 71 more deaths, second highest fatality count in a single day, while 3967 more persons were confirmed to have contracted the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. They said that 39 of the fresh fatalities were reported from Jammu Division while 32 persons succumbed to the virus […]

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JK reports 3344 new positive cases, 73 COVID-19 deaths

JK reports 3344 new positive cases, 73 COVID-19 deaths

JAMMU: The Government on Monday informed that3344 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19),1418 from Jammu division and 1926 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 247952.Also 73 COVID-19 deaths have been reported, 54 from Jammu Division and 19 from Kashmir […]

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Self-quarantined Covid-19 infected man dies in hospital

Self-quarantined Covid-19 infected man dies in hospital

A man quarantined at home died after shifted to hospital in North Kashmir’s Bandiproa district. Hospital sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that an elderly man had quarantined himself at his home in Lawaypora Bandipora. During the intervening night of May 13 and 14, his condition deteriorated and was shifted to District Hospital Bandipora. […]

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JDA team warns defaulter of illegal construction

JDA team warns defaulter of illegal construction

JAMMU, MAY 13: In compliance to directions of Vice Chairman, Jammu Development Authority, a team of officers and officials headed by Chief Enforcement Officer along with police officials and other supporting staff took cognizance of illegal construction carried out by Manohar Singh, Resident of Ban-Panjgrain at village Ban. The construction was carried out in violation […]

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DSEJ holds virtual consultation with Docs on COVID Infection, Prevention, Control

DSEJ holds virtual consultation with Docs on COVID Infection, Prevention, Control

JAMMU, MAY 13: The counseling cell, Directorate of School Education, Jammu, today conducted third virtual consultation on COVID19 Infection, Prevention and Control (IPC) in its bi-weekly series of webinars. Director School Education Jammu, Dr. Ravi Shankar Sharma, was the chief guest while Associate Professor, Microbiology (MD, MAMS, FAIMER fellow at GMC Jammu), Dr. Sandeep Dogra, […]