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SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Muhammad Aijaz Asad on Thursday said that unlock process started by the government doesn't mean that the Covid pandemic was over.
SRINAGAR: The numbers are surely getting down. In the last 24 hours, only 25 deaths were reported from across Jammu and Kashmir and the highlight is that the capital cities have a single-digit death toll. The new infections stand at 1428 and those who recovered and went home happy stand at 2615.
Covid19 Obits
Kashmir poetess and critic, Dr Taranum Riyaz, died in a Delhi hospital on May 20, 2021. She had contracted Covid19. She died within 41 days of her husband’s Dr Riyaz Punjabi’s death in Delhi.
Covid19 has unleashed its devastation and has decimated families. Almost 41 days after Riyaz Punjabi’s death, his wife Dr Tarannum Riyaz succumbed to the Covid19 infection. A PhD in Urdu, Dr Fareeda Taranum – a former newscaster and a later fellow at Ministry of Culture, is a noted Urdu fiction writer and critic. She was born in Srinagar on August 9, 1963. Ms Taranum has authored eight
Afsana collections, four poetry collections and two novels
The Oxygen Grid
Khalid Bashir Gura goes on an Oxygen audit on the public healthcare setup and identifies the issues that could puncture the pipe
A worker checks the pressure of oxygen tanks at a temporary COVID-19 hospital in Srinagar on Monday, May 10, 2021. Leading NGO, Athrot in partnership with the government set up 100 bedded oxygenated facilities at Hajj House in Srinagar. KL Image: Bilal Bahadur
A day after the May 7, government order regulating oxygen supply to private persons, societies, and NGOs without the administration’s prior approval, Zameera Reshi, a resident of Eidgah, was in an absolute panic. His aged uncle and aunt who turned Covid-19 positive complained of breathlessness and simultaneous dip in oxygen saturation. He swiftly sent an SOS and approached many NGOs. After one hour of search, one of the NGOs