News Topic:COVID-19

CRPF man posted in Kupwara tests positive for coronavirus

NEW DELHI — A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan, part of a battalion deployed in Jammu and Kashmir, has tested positive for COVID-19 in...

12 more test COVID-19 positive, J&K tally up at 380

JAMMU — Twelve more people tested positive in J&K on Tuesday, taking the COVID-19 patients tally to 380.Rohit Kansal, government spokesman, said, “Of the...

Testing facility for COVID-19 suspects thrown open at JVC Bemina

SRINAGAR — Government started lab testing facilities for COVID-19 suspects at JVC SKIMS Bemina in Srinagar city on Tuesday.Confirming it, Principal JVC SKIMS Bemina...

Private health institutes to start functioning within a week: Div Com

SRINAGAR — To cater non-COVID patients, the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole, today directed owners of private hospitals, diagnostic centers and other health institutions...

J&K’s first village to be completely put under quarantine

SRINAGAR — After 41 people tested positive for the COVID-19 virus in Danger Mohalla (Gund Jahangeer) of Bandipora district, authorities on Tuesday decided to quarantine...

Don’t use rapid test kits for two days, ICMR asks States

NEW DELHI — Amid complaints about faulty rapid test kits, the Indian Council of Medical Research on Tuesday advised States and UTs not to use...

Baramulla doctor tests positive, all contacts quarantined: Dr Masood

SRINAGAR — A doctor has been tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. The medico hails from north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.Nodal Officer for Coronavirus at...

COVID-19: Forty more complete quarantine in Valley

SRINAGAR — Over 40 travelers whose travel history had been traced and were put under 14-day quarantine in Srinagar were sent back home on...

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