News Topic:COVID-19

Well placed sources said that a 21-year-old student from Jawalapora village of central Kashmir’s Budgam district returned from Rajasthan and was quarantined in a building at Narbal like other travelers.

Once again, former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has raised the Kashmir issue, saying it “does not take a religious belief to feel the agony of Kashmiris…just a right heart at the right place.

A patient who was admitted to SMHS hospital has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, few days after his two back-to-back tests returned negative for the disease at CD Hospital where he was being treated.

With India's total tally rising to 85,940, the world's largest democracy has now surpassed China with a total of 53,035 active cases and 2,752 deaths while 30,152 people have recovered so far, the union health ministry said on Saturday.

The spread of the novel Coronavirus has in fact started impacting ongoing construction projects in Kashmir Valley, but the basic reason why work on developmental projects has stopped is the non-availability of construction material.

Two patients admitted to SMHS hospital were among sixty five people who tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir in the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday.

Thirty persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir in the last 24 hours, official sources said on Friday. With these cases, the Jammu and Kashmir’s overall tally has surpassed 1000-mark.

The lockdown is proving a boon for the jungle smugglers as they are looting the green gold at will in length and breadth of Kashmir Valley.