News Topic:COVID-19

Jammu and Kashmir on Monday reported 314 fresh infections of novel coronavirus, taking the overall tally of  COVID-19 cases 10827 in J&K.

Jammu and Kashmir reported seven more deaths due to COVID-19 including a 65-year-old who died while his sample for the virus was being taken and a paramilitary CRPF Sub Inspector posted with 18th battalion at Uranhal Kulgam.

In a sheer negligence, a patient from Pulwama district of south Kashmir was declared COVID-19 positive six days after his death at SKIMS Soura.

Jammu and Kashmir Government has issued guidelines for arrival of tourists in the Union territory.

In view of spike in the COVID-19 positive cases in the district and a likelihood of flouting of social distancing norms and SOPs, District authorities in Pulwama issued directions for intensification of restrictions and lockdown in Red/Containment Zones of the district.

Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday reported 357 new COVID-19 infections, taking the overall tally of the cases in J&K to 10,513.

All undergraduate / professional offline examinations scheduled in the month of July 2020 are hereby postponed due to the imposition of lockdown in Srinagar district, until further notification, Controller of Examinations, University of Kashmir, Prof Farooq A Mir said.

An 11-day-old baby from Kulgam was among ten people who died at SKIMS Soura and SMHS Hospital here on Sunday, taking the number of fatalities due to the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir to 180.