Elderly man killed in road mishap
Sopore: An Elderly man died late Sunday after an unidentified vehicle hit him in Sopore town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said a 60 year old man died on the spot after an unidentified vehicle hit him at Bypass crossing outside his home. The driver manager to flee from the spot alongwith his vehicle. […]
Wear homemade face cover in public places, medico body to people
Srinagar: Amid rising trend of coronavirus cases, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday issued an advisory urging people to use handmade protective covers for face and mouth to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Doctor’s body stressed on the need to strictly follow the recommend public health measures including social distancing to ward-off infection and suggested […]
Covid-19 lockdown leaves people craving for electricity
Dozens of transformers awaiting repair of transformers cry hoarse
Anantnag: Dozens of faulty transformers are waiting for repair in different PDD workshops in South Kashmir but there is no body to repair them due to lock down amid the scare and fear of covid-19. There are at least two dozen damaged transformers at PDD division Pulwama, Awantipora and Tral but there no body among […]
Covid-19: JK has only 180 ventilators in various hospitals
Srinagar: With coronavirus wrecking havoc across the globe, Jammu and Kashmir hospitals are ill-equipped to deal with the crisis. The deadly virus has infected more than 787,000 people and killed over 37,000 worldwide, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University on Tuesday. The United States has the most confirmed cases globally at over 160,700. […]
Process of discharging those put under administrative quarantine in Srinagar starts
78 persons who had returned from Leh discharged
SRINAGAR: Seventy-eight persons who were shifted into administrative quarantine upon their return to Srinagar two weeks ago were discharged today after successfully completing their 14-day quarantine period. These persons who had returned from Leh were the first of those returning from outside who were put under administrative quarantine in different well-equipped hotels and government accommodations […]
Fighting Corona: PhD scholar makes masks to help control COVID-19 spread
(Jahangeer Ganaie) Shopian: With the rising cases of COVID-19 reported in Jammu and Kashmir and an increased demand for face masks, a PhD scholar from south Kashmir’s Shopian district is sewing masks to contribute his bit to secure people’s lives. “On the one hand government is educating people about this deadly virus and asking them […]
Medical staff at greater risk of severe disease from coronavirus: DAK
Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Monday said doctors, nurses and paramedical staff are at greater risk of developing severe disease if they get infected with the novel (new) coronavirus. “The novel virus seems to hit health care workers harder than others who contract the disease,” said DAK President, Dr Nisar ul Hassan. Dr Nisar […]
French expert says second study shows malaria drug helps fight coronavirus
Paris: The controversial French professor who believes the anti-malaria drug chloroquine can help beat the coronavirus, has claimed that a new study he has conducted confirms its “efficiency” at combatting the virus. But several other scientists and critics of microbiologist Didier Raoult, who heads the infectious diseases department of La Timone hospital in Marseille, were […]
COVID-19: Experts warn of community transmission if people violate lockdown; Govt steps up efforts to battle coronavirus
New Delhi: The RBI on Friday announced its steepest interest rate cut in more than 11 years in a bid to counter the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the government stepped up efforts to battle the fast-spreading virus, amid warnings from health experts that there could be a risk of community transmission if […]
Alarm: COVID-19 triggers fresh mental trauma in Kashmir
Al-Misda Masoon Srinagar: As the number of COVID cases in Kashmir continues to soar people across the region are feeling anxious about the developments. What has added more to the problems of people of Kashmir is that the place was already plagued by the perpetual strife of past three decades leaving a large chunk of […]
