Mild-earthquake hits J-K, no damages reported
An earthquake of 3.0 magnitude hit Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, but there were no reports of any damage, officials said. The earthquake occurred at 11.51 am, they said. The officials said the quake occurred at a depth of 10 Km in the Jammu region of the union territory at a latitude of 33.3 degrees […]
We have all arrangement in J&K to fight COVID-19: LG
We have 17,000 N95 masks,13,000 Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) kits, and 200 ventilators. We will soon have 80,000 rapid testing kits which will be used in red zones identified here, for early detection of #COVID19 1900 people have been identified here who were present in Nizamuddin’s Markaz. We traced them through their phone numbers&they cooperated […]
COVID19: 4 test positive in Udhampur; cases in J&K climb to 188
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 […]
Vegetable vendor tested positive; imagine the number of affected home: DC Srinagar
Srinagar: Shahid Choudhary, District Development Commissioner, Srinagar, said that a vegetable vendor has been tested positive for the novel coronavirus, “and we are still tracing his all probable contact.” Mr. Choudhary was replying to a picture of a vendor selling vegetables in Khanyar, Srinagar. He further said, “Imagine the number of homes that could have been […]
How US cancer patients are navigating new coronavirus anxiety
Randy Leese spent six hours in surgery this week to remove a liver tumour. While COVID-19 was at the back of the 64-year-old cancer patient’s mind, he said the procedure could not wait. “It’s in the back of my mind, but I had to do something with this cancer,” Leese told Al Jazeera in a […]
‘Can gauge seriousness’: India’s stinging comeback to Pak over Covid-19 Fund
Each Saarc member state can decide on the timing, manner and implementation of their Covid-19 Emergency Response Fund commitments, India said on Friday in response to Pakistan’s pledge of $ 3 million for the fund proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Islamabad’s confirmation about its pledge, however, was accompanied with a rider that the fund should be […]
US records 1,783 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours
In the United States, the death toll has surpassed 16,600, with 1,783 new deaths in 24 hours, according to a tally by the Johns Hopkins University. However, the number of newly hospitalised patients in the hardest-hit state of New York has dropped to a one percent increase, offering a glimmer of hope as the global death […]
‘Week of heartache’: US coronavirus deaths top 15,000
The number of deaths in the United States linked to the novel coronavirus topped 15,000 on Thursday, but officials said that despite the grim tallies, there are signs the pandemic might be nearing its peak in the cities hardest hit early on in the crisis. More than 451,000 people across the US have been infected […]
One hundred Italian doctors have died of coronavirus
One hundred Italian doctors have died after contracting coronavirus since the pandemic reached the Mediterranean country in February, Italy‘s FNOMCeO health association said on Thursday. “The number of doctors who have died because of COVID-19 is 100 – perhaps even 101 at the moment, unfortunately,” a spokesman for the association told AFP. The toll includes retired […]
‘Resumed work keeping in view present situation arising out of Covid-19, peoples interest’
Bandipora, Apr 10 (KNS): The medical staff who went on a strike for some time earlier in Hajin earlier today said that they resumed work keeping in view the present situation arising out of Covid-19. They said that they have resumed work only keeping in view the present situation and in the interest of public. […]
