Lt Guv e-inaugurates JK’s first Covid call centre
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday inaugurated the union territory’s first Covid response call centre in Srinagar, an official spokesperson said. It also launched web and mobile applications which will help in real time integrated management of the coronavirus disease, he said. The call centre and the web and mobile applications were e-inaugurated […]
Body of 56-year-old recovered in Poonch
Poonch: Body of a 56-year-old was found under mysterious circumstances inside a cow shed in Bandi Chechian area of Poonch district on Friday. Reports said that the body of Mohammad Sultan Magray (56) son of Ahmad Jan was spotted lying inside the cow shed near the shrine at Kopra area of Bandi Chechian. A police […]
Bandipora -Gureiz road opens for traffic
Bandipora: The 86 Kilometer long Bandipora-Gurez road was reopened for the movement of the traffic after the snow clearance on the highway was completed by the Border Roads Organization, a spokesman for the organization said. Notably, the Gurez Valley with a population of over 40000 people remained cut off due to the heavy snow precipitation […]
11 people hiding in truck headed for Kashmir booked, quarantined
Banihal/Jammu: Eleven people hiding in a truck headed for Kashmir were intercepted in the Union territory’s Ramban district and booked for violating lockdown norms, officials here said on Friday. All of them were placed under administrative quarantine after a medical examination, they added. Police personnel conducting a routine check on the highway at Nashri stopped […]
COVID-19: Official reviews contact tracing, cluster surveillance process
JAMMU: Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education, Atal Dulloo Friday 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; Surveillance Medical […]
Ganderbal Covid-19 patient spent 22 days at a relative’s house after escaping quarantine
Ganderbal: Over 56 persons have been quarantined after a Covid-19 case surfaced in Gutlibagh area of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Thursday evening. Ironically, the person who was tested positive had escaped and it was only after police and civil administration put their efforts and traced him in Mamar area of Knagan. Reports said that […]
DAK urges immune testing for recovered coronavirus patients
Srinagar: With reports that recovered coronavirus patients are getting reinfected, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday urged health authorities in Kashmir valley to test recovered patients for antibodies that would help us know whether they are immune for re-infection. “Patients who recover are getting infected with the virus again,” said DAK President, Dr Nisar ul […]
Advisor Baseer Khan directs speedy completion of Power augmentation projects
‘Ensure round the clock electricity to quarantine centres, during Ramadhan’
JAMMU: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor Baseer Ahmad Khan Friday directed speedy implementation of various Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) meant for augmentation of power infrastructure including increasing transmission capacity so that uninterrupted power supply is provided to people at the earliest. The Advisor was speaking at a review meeting convened to discuss power scenario and implementation […]
Advisor Farooq Khan visits Poonch
Reviews status of essential services, distt admin’s measures
POONCH: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan Friday, visited the border district Poonch to review the measures being implemented to deal with COVID-19 pandemic besides assessing the status of essential services in the district. During the extensive visit to the district, Advisor inspected the Quarantine centre and Sanitization Tunnel established at District Police Line Poonch. […]
