News Topic:COVID-19

COVID-19: Don’t cut salary, terminate employees who can’t join duties: J&K’s Labour Commissioner

JK’s Labour Commissioner issued an advisory advocating that there should be “no termination or reduction in salary” in the wake of COVID-19.

FIR against south Kashmir man for hiding travel history to Pakistan

Amid raging scare about spread of Coronavirus, authorities in Pulwama have ordered the filing of an FIR against a person from Awantipora.

Coronavirus: District Hospital Pulwama closes OPD section

Health authorities on Sunday closed the OPD section in District Hospital Pulwama amid growing threat of Coronavirus spread in India.

J&K Government lists essential services allowed during lockdown

Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs issued list of essential services that will be allowed to operate during lockdown.

COVID-19: Pregnant women not at higher risk, says DAK

DAK said pregnant women are not at higher risk of developing severe disease from the novel (new) Coronavirus than the general population.

Kashmir will go into lockdown mode from Sunday evening

Jammu and Kashmir will go into complete lockdown starting from 8 PM today till 6 AM of March 31 in wake of the Coronavirus threat.

New arrivals in J&K prisons screened, suspects quarantined: DG Prisons

Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Prisons, V K Singh on Sunday said that all new arrivals in J&K UT prisons are being screened.

Kashmiris returning from outside nations facing a hard time

“The government claims that it is following WHO guidelines and nobody in wild imagination would imagine such a compliance,” people say.

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