48 people who came in contact with coronavirus affected person quarantined: Officials
Srinagar, Mar 26 (PTI) Forty-eight people, who had come in contact with the first coronavirus fatality in Kashmir, are in quarantine and authorities are in touch with the states visited by the man to track those who may have been infected by him, an official said on Thursday. The 65-year-old man, hailing from uptown locality […]
Dead bodies infected with Covid-19 need to be dealt with extreme care: MHA guidelines
Srinagar, Mar 26: With Kashmir registered first Covid-19 dead, the guidelines from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) have strongly stressed that there should be no bathing, kissing, hugging and reciting of verses while as the body should be transported in a secured bag. Health experts have stressed that the grave for the person should […]
COVID-19 death: Div Com orders inquiry into alleged mishandling of patient
Srinagar, Mar 26: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir has ordered inquiry into the allegedly mishandling of the COVID19 patient who dies in a Srinagar hospital on Thursday morning. The patient had tested positive two days back. Divisional commissioner Kashmir has asked additional commissioner Kashmir Tasaduq Hussain Mir to enquire into the matter, officials said. An order […]
Restrictions intensified in Kashmir following detection of 4 more COVID-19 cases, one death
Srinagar, Mar 26: The restrictions on the movement and assembly of people to contain the spread of the coronavirus were intensified in Kashmir on Thursday, in the wake of four more positive cases detected in the valley on Wednesday, taking the total number of affected persons to 11, officials said. Besides, one person has died […]
New Zealand mosque gunman pleads guilty to murder, terrorism
Wellington, Mar 26 (AP) The man who committed the worst atrocity in New Zealand’s modern history when he slaughtered 51 worshippers at two Christchurch mosques unexpectedly pleaded guilty to all charges Thursday. The attacks targeting people praying at the mosques a year ago shocked the nation and prompted new laws banning the deadliest types of […]
Pak cricketers to donate Rs 5 million to govt emergency fund for COVID-19 pandemic
Karachi, Mar 26 (PTI) Pakistan’s centrally-contracted cricketers will contribute Rs 5 million to the national government’s emergency fund to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ehsan Mani on Wednesday said apart from centrally-contracted players contributing Rs 5 million, the employees in the board, up to the senior manager level, will contribute their one […]
Kashmir records first coronavirus death as 65-year-old Covid-19 patient dies
Srinagar, Mar 26: A 65-year-old man infected with the coronavirus died at Chest Disease (CD) hospital Dalgate, Srinagar in the early hours of Thursday as Kashmir recorded its first death due to the disease, official sources said. The man had a medical history of illness with diabetes, hypertension and obesity. “Despite our best efforts, the COVID19 […]
US coronavirus cases cross 60,000, 827 dead: Tracker
Washington, Mar 26 (AFP) The number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in the United States reached 60,115 on Wednesday while 827 people had died, a tracker run by Johns Hopkins University showed. The tracker showed 600 deaths around 24 hours earlier. The US has the third highest number of confirmed cases behind China […]
Moscow announces deaths of two patients with coronavirus
Moscow, Mar 26 (AFP) Russia on Wednesday said two elderly patients had died in Moscow after testing positive for coronavirus. “Two elderly patients died in Moscow, who had tested positive for coronavirus,” the Moscow city health department said in a statement, adding that they were suffering from pneumonia and complications. Russia has not confirmed any […]
UN chief Antonio Guterres condemns Kabul Gurudwara attack
United Nations, Mar 26 (PTI) UN chief Antonio Guterres has condemned the attack on a Gurudwara in Kabul that killed at least 25 people and injured many others, reiterating that attacks against civilians are unacceptable and those who carry out such crimes must be held accountable, his spokesman said. On Wednesday, at least 25 worshippers […]