With more positive cases being detected after testing it is becoming evident that people of Jammu and Kashmir urgently need testing in all red zones. In this direction authorities have moved very little and they feel that their duty ends with informing the people of Jammu and Kashmir about the growing cases of coronavirus, […]
Several masjids around Eidgah also sanitized SRINAGAR, APRIL 10: Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) installed and made operational two decontamination tunnels at SKIMS, here the other day. The tunnels were installed at two entry points to ensure that the persons visiting hospital including doctors, hospital workers, patients and other attendants get sanitized instantly while entering or […]
Prioritizes sample collection from suspects GANDERBAL, APRIL 10: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today convened a meeting of Health department and Tehsildars to review the arrangements in place for containment of the Covid-19. Additional Deputy Commissioner, Farooq Ahmad Baba, Superintendent, District Hospital Ganderbal, Chief Medical Officer, Tehsildars, District Health Officer, Block Medical Officers […]
Ensures movement of trucks with essential supplies, ambulances amidst lockdown JAMMU, APRIL 10: Amidst lockdown in Jammu and Kashmir, a 24X7 control room at Lakhanpur is working overtime to ensure that all essential supplies reach to every part of the Union Territory and no shortage of any item is felt by people. The control room […]
Srinagar: Twenty-three more cases of the novel coronavirus have been detected in Jammu and Kashmir. The tally has risen to 207; among them 168 are from Kashmir Valley and thirty-nine are from Jammu. Talking to The Kashmir Walla, Dr. G H Yatoo, Nodal Officer for the coronavirus at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science, Soura, said that out of […]
The Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Friday posted an advisory on Twitter released earlier by the health ministry on the use of hydroxychloroquine as treatment for patients suffering from coronavirus disease Covid-19. The advisory is based on recommendation of the taskforce constituted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The advisory recommends not administering the drug […]
Udhampur: Four people have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 in Udhampur district, taking the total number of cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 188, officials said on Friday. The four are the contacts of a 61-year-old woman who died of coronavirus on Wednesday, they said. “Ten tests were received in Udhampur. Out of these, four […]
With hospitals being overburdened with an increasing number of COVID-19 patients in India, coupled with a lack of equipment and proper management, many doctors and nurses have now tested positive for the virus. In the first segment, Tabassum Barnagarwala, talks about the pressures being faced by frontline health workers in Mumbai, a city which has one of […]
Srinagar (Kashmir): With the surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in Kashmir and the resulting fear psychosis in the general population, the government of the Union territory is forcing growers of a common poplar tree species known locally as “Russi” to cut them to prevent allergies in the spring season. “A meeting held under the […]
India is preparing to start clinical trials to treat coronavirus disease (Covid-19) patients with convalescent plasma therapy that involves drawing antibody-rich blood of Covid1-9 survivors to treat the sick. The therapy has shown promise in treating Covid-19 patients, the American journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), reported on Tuesday. The country’s apex […]