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COVID-19: 13 more test positive in Kashmir, J&K tally reaches 341

Abid Bashir

Srinagar (NVI): Jammu and Kashmir continues to witness a surge in the coronavirus positive cases as 13 more people were tested positive today taking the total number of cases to 341 in the Union Territory.

J&K government’s spokesman, Rohit Kansal in his tweet said that 13 more cases have been tested positive in Kashmir. “Of the total cases, 287 are from Kashmir and 54 from Jammu region,” Kansal said.

GH Yatoo, Nodal officer for Covid- 19 at SKIMS, said that 6 samples were tested positive at SKIMS today. Among them 5 are from Bandipora and 1 is from  Beerwah Budgam. “Four patients whose repeated tests turned negative were discharged from the hospital,” he said. “Among them 3 are from Srinagar while 1 is from Budgam.”

Srinagar district which was topping the list of districts with 78 cases was today surpassed by Bandipora district of north Kashmir where total number of positive cases mounted to 80.

Officials have said that from March 9 to April 1, 911 samples were tested at SKIMS hospital Soura, while in Chest Diseases hospital, 941 samples were tested alone in the past 48 hours.

As per the officials figures, 78 positive cases including one death and 12 recoveries are from Srinagar, 80 including 11 recoveries and one death are from Bandipora, 42 including 2 deaths are from Baramulla, 13 including 7 recoveries from Budgam, 3 from Pulwama including one recovery, 22 from Shopian including 2 recoveries, 27 from Kupwara, 14 from Ganderbal, 5 from Kulgam and 5 from Anantnag in Kashmir division.

As per the daily media bulletin 60,419 persons in Jammu and Kashmir are under observation while 6,071 persons have been kept under home quarantine besides that 285 persons are in hospital isolation while 252 persons are under hospital quarantine.

According to the bulletin, 23,114 persons have completed surveillance period and 25,692 persons are under home surveillance besides that so far results of 6,937 samples have been made available.

Out of 6,937 the number of samples tested negative stands at 6,596 while 341 have been tested positive, among them 285 are active and 51 persons have recovered and 5 persons have died.

Pak army violates ceasefire on LoC

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Jammu (NVI): Pakistan tonight violated ceasefire along the Line of Control in Degwar sector of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

According to the Army officials, Pakistani troops resorted to firing with small arms and mortar shelling along LoC in Degwar sector at around 0830 PM.

The Indian Army is retaliating befittingly, the officials said.

Earlier, yesterday Pakistani troops violated ceasefire along LoC in Qasba and Kirni sectors of Poonch district, drawing strong retaliation from the Indian Army.

“On 17 Apr 2020 at about 1100 hours, Pak initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms & shelling with Mortars along LoC in Qasba & Kirni sectors, District Poonch (J&K). Indian Army retaliating befittingly,” said an Army official.

J&K HC takes suo moto notice of negative impact of lockdown on women

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Jammu (NVI): Jammu and Kashmir High Court today ordered that all the courts in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh shall treat cases of domestic abuse as urgent and proceed with the matters in accordance with the circulars issued regarding the procedure to be followed to ensure social distancing.

According to an official spokesman, taking suo moto notice of negative impact of lockdown imposed due to COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls, a Coram consisting of Chief Justice, Justice Geeta Mittal and Justice Rajnesh Oswal today heard the case from their respective residences through video conferencing.

The Court highlighted the point that globally it has been observed that the adverse social and economic consequences of the pandemic for women and girls are devastating.

The official spokesman said that the High Court issued notices to the Secretary, Department of Social Welfare and Member Secretary, JKSLSA to submit a report with regard to the steps taken regarding domestic or any other kind of violence being faced by women on account of the implementation of the COVID-19 lockdown.

The Court directed concerned officials to examine several remedial measures taken by various countries in this regard and a view be taken with regard to the requirements and steps to be taken to mitigate the sufferings of the victims of domestic violence in the twin Union Territories, the spokesman said.

The official spokesman said the Court directed that a report of the measures in place, steps underway and those contemplated be placed before it before the next date.

Furthermore, Secretary, Jammu and Kashmir Legal Services Authority have been directed to call for list of all cases involving cases of domestic violence which are pending as complaints with the police stations in the Union Territories or in the courts and ascertain the safety and well-being of the complainants.

The Secretaries of the Jammu and Kashmir Legal Services Authorities may seek the assistance of police and para legal volunteers in this regard, the court observed.

Out of 14,378 corona cases in India, 4,291 linked with Tablighi Jamaat

New Delhi (NVI): The coronavirus cases in India rose to 14,378 today, with the number of deaths increasing to 480, according to the Union Health Ministry.

At a daily media briefing, Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry Lav Agarwal said in the last 24 hours, 991 new cases and 43 deaths have occurred.

Around 29 per cent of the total cases are linked to Tablighi Jamaat congregation of March 22 in Delhi, the official said.

The Jamaat linked cases have been found in 23 states in the country, the ministry further added.

Giving state-wise break-up, Agarwal said, “A positive trend has been noted in 47 districts across 23 states. No positive case has been reported in the last 28 days in Mahe of Puducherry, and Kodagu of Karnataka and no new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in 45 other districts in last 14 days.”
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Speaking on the mortality rate, he said, out of the total fatalities due to coronavirus in India, 75.3 per cent deaths registered are in cases of patients over 60 years. While 83 per cent death cases have been found with co-morbidity.

The Health Ministry has also requested hospitals to attend to critical non-COVID-19 patients with equal compassion and to keep sufficient bloodstock for transfusion.

Around 2,100 foreigners visited India for the Tablighi Jamaat gathering. Out of them, 824 dispersed in different parts of the country till March 21, while 216 people were staying at the Markaz.

Three CRPF men killed in militant attack in Kashmir’s Sopore

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Abid Bashir

Srinagar (NVI): Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men were killed and two others injured after militants attacked them at Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district today.

A police official said that militants believed to be two in number, attacked the joint party of CRPF and police in Sopore at around 5.30pm. “The security forces retaliated but militants managed to flee,” he said.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sopore, Javaid Koul told NVI that militants fired indiscriminately at the CRPF men at Sopore market killing two CRPF men on the spot while as two others were critically injured. However, another police officials said that another CPRF man succumbed to his injuries taking the total number of causalities to three.

“A massive search operation was launched soon after the attack in the area to nab the militants,” the SSP said. Police source said that a large area has been cordoned off to trace the militants involved in the act.

CRPF spokesman in Srinagar, Pankaj Singh also confirmed the attack. “Three of our men died in the attack,” he said.

Locals said that panic gripped the entire area after the attack as people who were on the road ran for a cover.

“I was buying vegetables and all of a sudden I heard heavy firing. I right away ran for safety,” said Waseem Ahmed, a resident of Sopore.

Coronavirus cases reach to 933 in Afghanistan

New Delhi (NVI): Afghanistan government reported 27 new positive cases of coronavirus today, raising the total to 933 across the country, according to media reports.

In the last 24 hours, 13 people have recovered bringing the total recoveries to 112, as per country’s health ministry.

The official spokesperson of country said fear is increasing over the lack of testing kits and other health supplies in various provinces including Kabul and Herat, which have the highest number of COVID-19 patients.

The Afghanistan government has begun efforts to establish isolation centers with a 10,000-bed capacity for COVID-19 patients in Kabul and aims to set up 100,000 beds in the country, as per media reports.

The country’s laboratories have the capacity to conduct 600 tests a day and so far the ministry has tested over 5,800 samples.

Apart form this, Kabul lockdown was extended for another three weeks until May 9 as part of attempts to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the country.

So far, 34 people died from the pandemic, bringing COVID-19 deaths in the country to 3.2 per cent.

The total number of cases of the coronavirus has reached 22,34,109 globally, according to John Hopkins University.

Rs 1,000 fine for spitting, urinating in public in Delhi

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New Delhi (NVI): Spitting or urinating in public in Delhi will now attract a fine of Rs 1,000, according to a public notice issued by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC).

The directive is in pursuance to an order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs in the wake of the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic.

This has been made a punishable offence so as to prevent people from spitting in public which can result in further spread of the novel coronavirus.

The NDMC also states, “There should be a strict ban on sale of liquor, gutka and tobacco and spitting should be strictly prohibited.”

Delhi is one of the worst affected cities in the country, with a total of 42 fatalities and more than 1,700 positive coronavirus cases being reported so far, according to Union Health Ministry tally.

Coronavirus deaths reach 144 in Pakistan, cases cross 7,700

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New Delhi (NVI): The total number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan has reached 7,717, while 144 people have died of the disease so far, according to Geo news.

Nearly half of the total confirmed cases are from Punjab province alone, at 3,465.

Looking at the breakdown of cases, the Sindh province has reported 2,355 cases while Balochistan has 359 cases so far. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province has 1,077 cases, Islamabad 163, Gilgit Baltistan 250 and 48 in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).

The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) today revealed that around 62 per cent of Pakistan’s total confirmed coronavirus cases are locally transmitted.

According to the data released by the NCOC, the remaining 38 per cent of the cases recorded in the country are of those with a foreign travel history.

Social distancing is described as the best measure to avoid the spread of coronavirus.

No new cases of recovery were reported in the last 24 hours. So far, around 1,648 COVID-19 patients have recovered from the virus in the country.

COVID-19 cases top 2,100 in Bangladesh; 84 dead

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New Delhi (NVI): The total number of deaths from the deadly coronavirus continues to rise in Bangladesh as 9 more people have died in the last 24 hours, taking the total casualties in the country to 84.

Besides, 306 people tested positive for coronavirus during the period, raising the number of such cases in the country to 2,144, according to United News of Bangladesh.

The country has been witnessing a rapid spike in infected cases since the past week.

A total of 64 people have been recovered, after 8 more people were cured in the last 24 hours, IEDCR Director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora said.

Of the 9 deceased, six are from Dhaka, 2 from Narayanganj and 1 was from Savar.

Bangladesh has recently announced heavy restrictions on the movement of people to prevent further transmission of coronavirus, hours after recording a surge in the total number of cases and fatalities.

Amit Shah lauds efforts of J&K Police amid COVID-19

Amit Shah meets farmer leaders
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Abid Bashir

Srinagar (NVI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah lauded the role of Jammu and Kashmir police force in enforcing the lockdown in spirit, as he spoke to J&K Police Chief Dilbagh Singh today.

J&K Police took to twitter to inform that, “Honorable HM Sh Amit Shah has conveyed his deep appreciation for effective lockdown & excellent services rendered by all ranks of J&K Police. Hon’ble Home Minister in a telephonic message to DGP Sh Dilbag Singh has also conveyed his compliments for good CT/ L&O management in J&K.”

Jammu and Kashmir police has been fighting on multiple fronts in the Union Territory and the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak has added to its challenge. Less than 1 lakh in number, the police force is on the forefront of implementing lockdown in J&K, especially Kashmir and at the same the force is always in a fight with the militants.

A senior police officer told NVI that despite the outbreak of pandemic, at least 8 militants of various outfits have been killed in various encounters that include 2 in Jammu region and 6 in Kashmir.

This is apart from the deadly encounter at Keran sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara where 5 militants who were trying to infiltrate but were killed by the special forces squad of Army, who also lost 5 of its men including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO).

While implementing lockdown, 1,012 FIRs have been registered while as many as 1,300 shops have been sealed by the J&K police so far. Police records suggest that 2,300 people have been arrested so far for defying government restrictions.

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