Mubashir Bukhari
Srinagar (NVI): A 10-year-old boy is among six persons who were tested positive for coronavirus in Kashmir today, taking the total number of cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 55.
“6 new positive cases confirmed in Kashmir Division. All contacts of previous positive cases. Meanwhile contact tracing continues in both Jammu and Kashmir Divisions. Please cooperate. Let’s #Fightittogether,” J&K Spokesperson, Rohit Kansal said in a tweet.
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UPDATE : 6 new positive cases confirmed in Kashmir Division. All contacts of previous positive cases. Meanwhile contact tracing continues in both Jammu and Kashmir Divisions. Please cooperate. Let’s #Fightittogether @diprjk @HealthMedicalE1 @HealthMedicalE1— Rohit Kansal (@kansalrohit69) March 31, 2020
The boy hailing from Srinagar’s Eidgah area has been admitted at SKIMS, Soura with no travel history. The boy had come into contact with a person affiliated with Tableegi Jamat who was suffering from coronavirus when he visited a mosque in the area.
A family member of the confirmed case said that the boy had shaken hands with a religious preacher in Eidgah mosque and after that, he developed symptoms.
Two other persons, who have tested positive are presently admitted at JNLM hospital Srinagar.
Yesterday, 11 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 including a doctor in Jammu.
Meanwhile, the government has said that several areas surrounding the location of COVID-19 cases or untraced contact cases had to be sealed in Jammu, Srinagar, Pulwama, Shopian, and Rajouri in the interest of controlling the spread of the dreaded disease.
“Aggressive contact tracing of positive cases key to control spread of #Coronavirus. Yesterday several areas surrounding location of positive cases or untraced contact cases had to be sealed in Jammu, Srinagar, Pulwama, Shopian, Rajouri,” tweeted Kansal.
“This is purely in the interest of controlling the spread of #coronavirus, and helping identification of contacts on real-time basis,” Kansal, who is also Principal Secretary, Planning, J&K.
“Inconvenience so caused is temporary in nature but benefits will be immense. Request all to cooperate and take it in the right spirit,” he said.
