Srinagar, April 10 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir on Friday accorded sanction to the formal opening of annual Darbar Move Offices in Srinagar but amid COVID-19 pandemic it ordered the employees shall work on “as is where is” basis— Kashmir based staff shall work from Srinagar and Jammu based staff shall work from Jammu. According to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
184 tested positive till date, 43798 persons under observation JAMMU, APRIL 09: The Government Thursday informed that till date 184 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 out of which 174 are active positive, six have recovered and four have died. According to the daily Media Bulletin on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), out of 184 positive cases, […]
Srinagar, April 09 (KNS): On the directions of Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, a meeting was convened in the office of the Deputy Drugs Controller Kashmir, with the wholesale Drug Association of Srinagar with regard to the availability of medicines in the district. Similar meetings were also conducted at district level where officers took stock of the […]