SRINAGAR – Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday said delay in reporting to hospitals is the main reason for increase in number of deaths due to Covid-19 in the valley. “Covid-19 patients arrive at hospitals only when their condition worsens,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. He said early medical intervention […]
JAMMU – Authorities in Gandhi Nagar hospital in Jammu on Tuesday closed all the Out-Patient Departments (OPDs) after the hospital was declared as dedicated Covid-19 hospital in view of surge in Covid-19 cases across Jammu and Kashmir. In an order, issued by Medical Superintendent government hospital Gandhi Nagar Jammu said that all OPDs have been […]
SRINAGAR – A 20-year-old girl and two women aged between 47 to 55 years were among at least 16 more people who succumbed to covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir since overnight, officials said on Tuesday. They said the 20-year-old was resident of Tral Pulwama and died a week after she was admitted to SKIMS Soura. […]
MELBOURNE – Australia on Tuesday suspended all direct passenger flights from India for the next three weeks due to the unprecedented spike in COVID-19 cases, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. The pause on arrivals would be reassessed before May 15, Morrison said. The decision was taken during a meeting of Cabinet’s national security committee to consider the […]
WASHINGTON – Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday announced that the tech giant will be donating to support and relief efforts on the ground in India amid a worsening COVID-19 situation there. “Amid a devastating rise of COVID cases in India, our thoughts are with the medical workers, our Apple family and everyone there who […]
NEW DELHI – India’s mounting crisis surrounding a surge in coronavirus infections is prompting wealthy families to flee the country by private jet. With reports of hospital bed and drug shortages sweeping social media, Indian tycoons and others able to afford fares running into millions of rupees are booking flights to boltholes in Europe, the […]
NEW DELHI – With 3,23,144 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases has climbed to 1,76,36,307, while the national recovery rate has further dropped to 82.54 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll increased to 1,97,894 with 2,771 daily new […]
GENEVA – The situation in India, where COVID-19 cases have surged, is “beyond heartbreaking”, and the World Health Organization is sending extra staff and supplies there to help fight the pandemic, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday. “WHO is doing everything we can, providing critical equipment and supplies, including thousands of oxygen concentrators, […]
SRINAGAR – Twenty one percent samples were tested positive on Monday during a mass sampling at Ferozpora village of Tangmarg Tehsil in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Quoting an official, News Agency Kashmir Dot Com reported that despite District Magistrate Baramulla having declared Ferozpora village as a containment zone for COVID-19 disease on 22 April, it […]
SRINAGAR – The Central University of Kashmir has postponed all offline exams in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The new dates will be announced later. “It is notified for the information of all concerned examinees that all examinations scheduled from 27th April 2020 notified vide no. CUK/ ESE/Sem/2021/320/392 dated 13 April 2021 are hereby postponed […]