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J&K Reports Highest Ever Daily Covid-19 Tally With 6570 New Cases, Highest Toll Of 14 Deaths During 3rd Wave Nadeem Nadu Srinagar, Jan 25 (GNS): Jammu and Kashmir reported biggest ever daily spike of 6570 cases while 14 persons succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours which is highest single-day toll of the present third wave, officials said on Tuesday. 1555 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 5015 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 409166, the officials told GNS. Regarding the deaths, they said, seven each were reported from Jammu division and Kashmir Valley respectively. So far 4627 people have died due to the virus—2260 in Jammu division and 2367 in Kashmir Valley. On Saturday last, the J&K recorded previous highest daily case count of 6568 since the onset of the pandemic in 2020. The count was breached by two cases today.   Giving district wise details, the officials told GNS that Srinagar reported 1450 cases, Baramulla 396, Budgam 97...

Covid-19: Weekly Lockdown from Friday 2 p.m. to continue: Govt Srinagar, Jan 23 (GNS): Amid surge in covid-19 cases, government on Sunday decided to continue with the 64-hour lockdown from 2 p.m. Friday in Jammu and Kashmir. In an order issued by the State Executive Committee headed by Chief Secretary Dr Arin Kumar Mehta, the government has reiterated most of the measures announced by it following the start of the 3rd covid-19 wave. “Night Curfew shall continue to remain in force in all Districts from 9 pm to 6 am with complete restriction on non-essential movement,” the order, a copy of which lies with GNS reads, adding, “There shall also be complete restriction on non-essential movement in the entire J&K from every Friday 2.00 PM to Monday 6.00 A.M.” All the offices have been asked to regulate the attendance of its employees in such a manner so as to ensure that appropriate Social Distancing Norms are maintained. “Pregnant Women Employees will be exempted from Physical attendance...

At 6568, J&K Logs Highest Ever Covid-19 Tally, 7 More Die Nadeem Nadu Srinagar, Jan 22 (GNS): Jammu and Kashmir’s daily Covid-19 cases breached all records since the onset of the pandemic in 2020 as it recorded 6568 fresh infections while seven person succumbed to the virus in last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. 1875 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 4693 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 390949, the officials told GNS. Regarding the deaths, they said, five were from Jammu division and two from Kashmir. So far 4598 people have died due to the virus—2246 in Jammu division and 2352 in Kashmir Valley. Giving district wise details, the officials told GNS that Srinagar reported 1604 cases, Baramulla 749, Budgam 643, Pulwama 230, Kupwara 320, Anantnag 243, Bandipora 418, Ganderbal 99, Kulgam 333, Shopian 54, Jammu 1236, Udhampur 78, Rajouri 59, Doda 120, Kathua 59, Samba 91, Kishtwar 49, Poonch 50, Ramban 99 and Reasi 34. There has been surge in cov...

COVID-19 weekend lockdown: Govt issues formal order Orders complete restriction on non-essential movement in UT from every Friday afternoon to Monday morning Srinagar, Jan 20 (KNO): The Jammu and Kashmir administration Thursday ordered imposition of complete restriction on non-essential movement in the Union Territory from every Friday 2.00 pm to Monday 6.00 am. Pertinently, the government imposed an unannounced weekend lockdown across Jammu and Kashmir on last Saturday and Sunday in wake of the surge in Covid-19 cases across the Union Territory. Issuing a formal order in this regard, the Chief Secretary, who is also Chairman of State Executive Committee (SEC) has said that there shall be a complete restriction on non-essential movement in the entire UT of J&K from every Friday 2.00 pm to Monday 6.00 am, henceforth. It also said that the pregnant women employees will be exempted from physical attendance and they shall be allowed to work from home. “In continuation to the Covid-19 c...

Covid-19: After day’s dip, J&K’s new cases rise to 4651 3 Deaths Also Reported, Active Cases Now 21677 Nadeem Nadu  Srinagar, Jan 18 (GNS): A day after registering a dip in fresh Covid-19 infections, Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday saw significant rise in new cases with 4651 confirmed in last 24 hours while three persons succumbed to the virus during the time, officials said.  They said 1546 of the fresh cases were confirmed from Jammu Division and 3105 from Kashmir valley, taking the overall tally to 366851.  After ten days of continuous daily rise, J&K had seen a dip in daily cases on Monday with 2827 while 3499 infections were reported on Sunday.  Giving district wise details, the officials told GNS that Srinagar reported 957 cases, Baramulla 633, Budgam 411, Pulwama 96, Kupwara 209, Anantnag 253, Bandipora 139, Ganderbal 171, Kulgam 215, Shopian 21, Jammu 919, Udhampur 184, Rajouri 74, Doda 49, Kathua 94, Samba 109, Kishtwar 6, Poonch 18, Ramban 15 ...

Dr Manindra Agrawal, a Professor of IIT Kanpur, said that COVID-19 is spreading faster in India than projected earlier. Dr Manindra Agrawal, Professor of IIT Kanpur, said that the third wave of COVID-19, which is caused by Omicron, has reached its peak in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata as predicted by IIT`s Sutra model. He further said that COVID-19 will peak in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Haryana this week. Earlier in an interview with ANI, Dr Agrawal, who developed the model, had predicted that the COVID-19 third wave will peak by January end. Dr Agrawal said that COVID-19 is spreading faster in India than projected earlier. In a series of tweets, the IIT Professor said, "There appear two plausible reasons for this: 1) there are two groups in the population, one with less immunity against Omicron and the other with more. The mutant first spread in the first group causing a sharp rise. Now the first group is exhausted and so the spread is slower." He further said, "Second, ther...

COVID-19: 70 students, officials part of Gulmarg Skiing camp test positive Camp shut, all students asymptomatic, stable, says Officials Jahangeer Ganaie Srinagar, Jan 13 (KNO): Around 70 students and officials, who were part of the skiing camp at Gulmarg organized by Jammu and Kashmir Youth Services and Sports (YSS) have been tested positive for Covid-19. An official of the YSS department, who is also part of the camp told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that around 120 students and officials were participating in the camp and around 70 of them have tested positive for Covid-19. He said that as per protocol students before becoming part of the camp were asked to send to their RT-PCR tests which they did and they all were negative. “Later, RAT tests were also conducted which also came negative,” the official said. The official said that before few days after it was reported that there are some positive cases in general area of Gulmarg on the directions of Director Tourism G N ...

Omicron: Most infectious variant of COVID-19, says experts Once delta variant will be replaced by Omicron, COVID will reach to endemic: Dr Nisar Ul Hassan Jahangeer Ganaie Srinagar, Jan 13 (KNO): Omicron is the most infectious variant of the Covid-19 so far which has triggered a surge in cases in the rest of the world along with Jammu and Kashmir, experts said on Thursday. Renowned Gastroenterologist and Chairman Covid Advisory Committee Jammu and Kashmir Dr M S Khuroo told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Omicron is four times more infectious than Delta and has potential to infect persons who have either recovered from Covid-19 or have taken both sides of vaccine. Khuroo said that Omicron has a shorter incubation period and infects the upper respiratory tract that is the nose and lungs, however, disease behaves milder and chances of death are less than Delta. Dr Nisar Ul Hassan, President Doctors Association of Kashmir and flu expert while talking with KNO said that Om...

Wednesday saw 203 deaths reported from across the country, excluding Tripura. The daily toll crossed the 200 mark for the first time since October 27.     India reported nearly 2.5 lakh fresh infections on Wednesday which is the biggest single-day increase in cases since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is over 50,000 higher than the previous day's count. However, this number will increase further after Tripura's COVID tally is added to it. The COVID-19 case tally went past the 2-lakh mark on Wednesday for the first time since May 26. The previous highest increase in cases in a single day was a jump of 43,196 recorded on April 27, 2021, when the second wave was nearing its peak. With 246,912 new COVID-19 cases, the cumulative tally has reached to 36,317,422. Wednesday also saw 203 deaths reported from across the country, excluding Tripura. The daily toll crossed the 200 mark for the first time since October 27. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the ch...

J&K Covid-19 Upsurges Continues With 1148 Fresh Cases 13 Doctor, 12 Cops, As Many CRPF Men Among Infected; 2 Deaths Also Reported In 24 Hours, Active Tally Over 4800 Nadeem Nadu Srinagar, Jan 11 (GNS): Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday reported 1148 fresh coronavirus positive cases, 442 more than the previous day's tally, while two persons succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said.   They said that 640 of the cases were reported from Jammu Division and 508 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 346506. Among others, the fresh cases include 13 doctors, 12 CRPF troopers and as many as J&K Police personnel.   Giving district-wise details, officials told GNS that Srinagar reported 256 cases, Baramulla 94, Budgam 59, Pulwama 12, Kupwara 30, Anantnag 18, Bandipora 19, Gan d erbal 5, Kulgam 13, Shopian 2, Jammu 301, Udhampur 77, Rajouri 29, Doda 10, Kathua 64, Samba 26, Kishtwar 4, Poonch 45, Ramban 12 and Reasi 71. A number of these case we...

Covid-19 resurgence: GMC Sgr suspends offline classes for MBBS, paramedical courses KNO Correspondent Srinagar, Jan 11 (KNO): In view of the surge in Covid positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir, the authorities at Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar Tuesday ordered suspension of offline classes.  As per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the online teaching and clinical posting shall continue as per the roster issued by the respective departments.  "Pursuant to Government Order No: 03-JK(DMRRR) of 2022 dated: issued under endorsement No: DMRRR/PS/Secy/551/2020 dated: 09/01/2022, all the Theory Classes in respect of MBBS and B.Sc. Paramedical Courses are hereby suspended with immediate effect," reads the order issued by Principal/Dean GMC Srinagar, a copy of which lies with KNO, reads.  "However, online teaching and Clinical Postings shall continue as per the roster issued by the respective Departments,” the order added—(KNO)

David Nabarro, from the World Health Organization, said the coronavirus would pose a very difficult situation for the next three months "at least". The UK may be on the brink of beating the COVID-19 pandemic, with daily deaths currently running at less than half the rate expected in a bad flu year, the media reported. According to Professor Paul Hunter, an infectious disease expert from the University of East Anglia, the COVID pandemic will become 'endemic' after the Omicron wave subsides in the country, provided no other variants emerge, Daily Mail reported. Yet Hunter noted that COVID would "almost certainly" get weaker every year as people develop natural immunity and eventually become a common cold that kills only the very vulnerable further down the line. "Once we're past this Omicron peak, excluding another unexpected variant that reverses all of our progress, then we'll be close to the point of endemic," he was quoted as saying. Cur...

Dir Health Kashmir appeals people to follow CAB in spirit Jahangeer Ganaie Srinagar, Jan 10 (KNO): Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday started administering the booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to the eligible population that includes healthcare and frontline workers, and those over 60 years of age with co-morbidities. Director Health Services Kashmir, Dr Mushtaq Ahmad Rather while talking to media persons after inaugurating booster vaccination drive at Public Health Center (PHC) Jawahar Nagar, said that on the directions of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, vaccination drive for all health care workers, front line workers and people of age above 60 with co-morbidities has been started. As per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) correspondent, he said that all necessary arrangements have been made for the walk-in and registered eligible population and urged the health care workers to protect themselves first. If our healthcare care workers will remain safe then we can ke...

Rise In Covid-19 Cases: Govt Bars In-Person Educational Activities In J&K Restaurants, Multiplexes Etc To Function At 25% Of The Authorised Capacity Srinagar, Jan 9 (GNS): Amid rises in covid-19 cases with 687 of them confirmed in last 24 hours and 2226 in last four days, government on Sunday barred in-person teaching in colleges, schools, Polytechnics, ITIs, Coaching Centres for Civil Services, Engineering or NEET etc. They have been asked to adopt online medium of teaching, according to an order by State Executive Committee headed by the Chief Secretary. The educational institutions have been permitted to direct attendance of vaccinated staff for administrative purposes only. “The Head of the institution must ensure that guidelines related to social distancing and Covid Appropriate Behaviour (CAB) are strictly followed.” Night Curfew shall continue to remain in force in all Districts from 9 pm to 6 am with complete restriction on non-essential movement, reads the order, a copy o...

WHO released data showing that approximately 10 million new COVID-19 infections have been detected around the world in the last week. Just as things were beginning to normalise following a devastating pandemic year, a new strain of the virus, Omicron, struck the world. The Omicron variety, which was initially found in South Africa in November 2021, has spread very quickly to every corner of the globe, causing COVID-19 cases to surge to unprecedented levels. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released data showing that approximately 10 million new COVID-19 infections have been detected around the world in the last week, fueled by the highly communicable Omicron strain. Maria Van Kerkhove, an epidemiologist and the WHO's COVID-19 technical lead, recently described why the new variant of concern is so infectious and what individuals may do to resist it. While studies have shown that the chance of developing severe sickness from Omicron is lower than the Delta version, Kerkhove ...

COVID-19: Health expert makes BIG claim about when Omicron wave will peak in India US-based health expert further added that "the severity of the variant will be less this time in the country than Delta variant." Amid the rising cases of COVID-19 every day, now a US-based health expert has said that India will witness a peak in the number of COVID-19 cases by next month with the expectation of reporting five lakh cases per day. The US-based health expert further added that "the severity of the variant will be less this time in the country than Delta variant." Dr Christopher Murray , Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and Chair of the Health Metrics Sciences at the University of Washington said, "You are entering the Omicron wave, as many countries around the world are, and we expect that there will be more cases per day at the peak than you had in April last year for the Delta wave, but Omicron is much less severe." "S...

India issues fresh guidelines for international passengers - Know revised rules Government has made 7-days home quarantine mandatory for all those coming to India from abroad. New guideline will come into effect from January 11. In view of rising COVID-19 cases, mostly triggered by the highly transmissible Omicron variant, the Centre on Friday issued a revised guideline for international passengers. The government has made seven-days home quarantine mandatory for all those coming to India from abroad.  The new guideline will come into effect from January 11. The highly transmissible Omicron variant of COVID-19 is driving up cases globally and has triggered a worldwide alarm. The list of 'at-risk' countries have also been revised. The revised list now includes all European countries along with the United Kingdom. South Africa, Brazil, Botswana, China, Ghana, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Hong Kong, Israel, Congo, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia and Za...

New Delhi, Jan 7: The single day rise in coronavirus infections was recorded above one lakh after 214 days, taking India's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,52,26,386 which includes 3,007 cases of Omicron reported across 27 states and UTs, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. Out of the total Omicron cases reported so far, 1,199 people have recovered or migrated, reported PTI Maharashtra recorded the maximum number of 876 cases followed by Delhi at 465, Karnataka 333, Rajasthan 291, Kerala 284 and Gujarat 204. The country saw a single day rise of 1,17,100 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases increased to 3,71,363, the highest in around 120 days, according to the data updated at 8 am. The death toll climbed to 4,83,178 with 302 fresh fatalities, the data stated. The country last reported over one lakh cases on June 7 last year when 1,00,636 infections were recorded. The active cases comprise 1.05 per cent of the total infections, while...

Amid spike in Covid cases, Govt mulls to impose 'night curbs' in J&K Mubashir Aalam Wani Srinagar, Jan 05 (KNO): Amid surge in the Covid-19 cases, the government is mulling to impose night curbs in Jammu and Kashmir in a bid to prevent the virus from spreading. Sources privy to the development told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the night curfew would likely be imposed in the Union Territory sooner. “The decision has been taken to prevent Covid-19 from spreading,” they said. Pertinently, Jammu and Kashmir has recorded a surge in Covid-19 cases in the last few weeks. The surge in the cases is being recorded at a time when the new variant, Omicron, has created panic across the globe. Although there have been no Omicron cases at present in Jammu and Kashmir, the government has claimed to have taken steps to tackle any situation. “This time we have oxygen supported beds in thousands which earlier were just in few hundred besides that there are oxygen plants no...

The Patiala civil administration swung into action following the big development and a joint meeting was held by health department officials. Nearly 100 students of the Patiala Medical College in Punjab have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. Cabinet Minister Raj Kumar Verka confirmed the news. As of now, authorities have asked all students residing in the hostel to leave their rooms immediately. The Patiala civil administration swung into action following the big development and a joint meeting was held by health department officials including Deputy Commissioner and SDM. Deputy Commissioner has said that night curfew will be imposed in the state from 10 pm to 5 am. In addition to this, orders have been given to close the college school in Patiala till 15th. In the highest single-day spike over the past six months, Patiala, on Monday, reported 143 positive cases. Of the 143 cases, Patiala city alone reported 131. Due to the rise in COVID-19 cases in Punjab, the state government i...