Implement lockdown restrictions rigorously: Cabinet Secretary to States/UTs
Holds video conference meeting with Chief Secretaries to review Covid-19 control efforts JAMMU, MARCH 29: Cabinet Secretary, Rajiv Gauba today asked all States/UTs to rigorously implement lockdown restrictions to contain the community transmission of coronavirus pandemic. He asked for taking stern action against people who are violating lockdown orders. Cabinet Secretary made these remarks while […]
Advance ration distribution begins in Ganderbal
DC inspects ration stores takes stock of availability GANDERBAL, MARCH 29: In view of total lockdown as a move to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 outbreak, the District Administration today started the process of advance two months’ ration distribution in the district. The advance ration for the month of April and May is being distributed […]
Don’t pay heed to unverified reports on social media: Dir SKIMS
SRINAGAR, MARCH 29: Director, Shere-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, Dr AG Ahanger today appealed to people not to pay heed to unverified reports attributed to him on the social media regarding the spread of Coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir A message, which is being circulated on social networking sites attributing Director SKIMS to […]
Doctor’s Note: Why are older people more vulnerable to COVID-19?
In almost every country battling with the COVID-19 outbreak, people over the age of 65 are being told to self-quarantine and shut themselves off from other people who might risk infecting them. Sadly, this means grandparents will not be seeing their children and grandchildren for potentially several months and risk being left emotionally as well […]
Things will get worse before they get better, says Boris Johnson to Britons
London: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has posted letters to 30 million households across the UK, cautioning people: “We know things will get worse before they get better”, as he continued to isolate himself in Downing Street after testing positive for coronavirus. Alongside the letter, residents will receive a leaflet outlining official advice, with clear explanations […]
German minister commits suicide after ‘coronavirus crisis worries’
Thomas Schaefer, the finance minister of Germany’s Hesse state, has committed suicide apparently after becoming “deeply worried” over how to cope with the economic fallout from the coronavirus, state premier Volker Bouffier said Sunday. Schaefer, 54, was found dead near a railway track on Saturday. The Wiesbaden prosecution’s office said they believe he died by […]
Coronavirus: Indonesia prepares to lock down 30 million people to curb COVID-19
Indonesia may soon quarantine almost 30 million people in its capital and surrounding areas to curb the spread of the coronavirus that’s killed more than 100 people in the world’s fourth-most populous nation. Police and transport officials conducted drills on limiting the movement of people from the Greater Jakarta area at the weekend, the Jakarta […]
Here’s A Cure For Coronavirus, But It Has A Statutory Warning…
After US President Trump and WhatsApp forwards endorsed the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to fight COVID-19, authorities and chemist associations have cautioned people against buying it—and other antiviral drugs. On March 24, the Delhi drugs control department sent out an advisory to chemists after observing that “some consumers were buying the medicines for prophylactic use”. […]
Restrict sales of chloroquine & other Covid-19 drugs: Chemists’ lobby tells members
New Delhi: In a bid to prevent hoarding amid the coronavirus pandemic, India’s top pharmacists’ lobby has warned over 8.5 lakh chemists it represents across the country to restrict the sales of drugs which are being used for the treatment of Covid-19. The sales of drugs like azithromycin, hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine, lopinavir and ritonavir have shot up after their […]
Rahul Gandhi writes to PM cautioning against the impact of prolonged lockdown
Expressing solidarity with the government’s efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, apprehending that the lockdown might have to be extended and cautioning against complete economic shutdown’s disastrous consequences. “The world has been forced to take urgent, immediate measures to contain the rapid […]
