SRINAGAR: In wake of rising number of positive COVID-19 cases, Srinagar s District Administration on Monday converted Indoor Stadium, Haft Chinar as a COVID Emergency Care Centre.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Muhammad Aijaz Asad according to local news agency KNO said that a COVID centre for emergency has been set up at Indoor Stadium.
Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Srinagar, Syed Muhammad Hanief Balkhi said that the patients with mild symptoms would be accommodated in the COVID-19 centres.
Officials told the news agency that the Indoor Stadium will hold up to 120 beds. The Stadium turned health centre will also provide oxygen facility to patients.
(MENAFN - Kashmir Observer) Representational Photo Lahore: Even as Covid cases spiral and its health system grinds to a halt, India remains tight-lipped about the possibility of opening the border and accepting Pakistan s offers to assist its virus-ravaged neighbour.
Despite an alarming shortage of oxygen supplies, hospital beds, and record numbers of deaths, the government in New Delhi has remained silent about opening the border, which will allow Pakistan to deliver essential medical supplies.
Even the fast-spreading pandemic, which regional experts believe, provided a unique opportunity for cross border cooperation, has failed to bridge the chasm between the two nuclear neighbours.
Calls upon doctors, religious leaders to spread awareness JAMMU- Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today chaired a review meeting with the senior Doctors of Jammu and Kashmir including Principals, Heads of Departments of Government Medical Colleges and District Hospitals, at Raj Bhavan here through virtual mode.
During the meeting, the Lt Governor took a detailed assessment of the preparedness being put in place in the hospitals across J & K to handle the ongoing Covid pandemic.
The Lt Governor expressed his gratitude towards all the Doctors and frontline health workers for making untiring efforts in the fight against Covid-19 and rendering continuous services day and night, for saving the people affected by the deadly virus.
Will Look Into The Matter Srinagar: Despite the government ordering the shutting down of Tulip garden in Srinagar, on Monday tourists were seen enjoying inside the Garden.
The State Executive Committee in view of spurt in Covid-19 cases had ordered closure of all paid parks across Jammu and Kashmir.
A group of tourists were seen taking selfies inside the sprawling Tulip garden raising many eye-brows. The pictures of the same went viral on social media platforms.
Interestingly, a poster pasted on the main entry gate of the garden read: In view of Covid, garden closed for visitors.
Pertinently, the decision to close the garden was taken in view of the spike in Covid-19 positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir after 2381 Covid-19 Positive cases were reported on Sunday.
THE social media video of Mufti Nazir Ahmad Qasmi urging people to offer nimaz at home should be welcomed by all. The role of religious leaders in ensuring Covid-appropriate behaviour among the people amid the ongoing runaway surge of the pandemic cannot be over-emphasised. They have a large following and people look up to them for guidance and take them s