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COVID 19: Contact tracing takes hit after admin relaxes norms for asymptomatic patients

Srinagar: Contact tracing of COVID -19 cases has taken a hit after the administration relaxed norms for asymptomatic patients. Last month the administration relaxed the norms by suggesting home isolation for asymptomatic

India records highest 1-day spike of over 32k corona cases

New Delhi: India recorded the highest single-day spike of 32,695 novel coronavirus (Covid-19) cases and 606 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 9,68,876 cases with a death total of

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COVID19: Three more die, J&K toll 158

Srinagar: Three more COVID-19 patients died on Friday at Srinagar’s Chest Diseases hospital, thus taking the overall death toll due to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir to 158. Officials said that

COVID-19: Of false negatives, false positives, and institutional credibility

Srinagar: Emotions ran high when doctors told him that he has tested negative after the second COVID test. Soon after the 52-year-old patient was discharged from Chest Diseases Hospital. Call it an

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COVID19: Pakistan records two deaths as confirmed cases rise to 301

Islamabad, Mar 19: Pakistan on Wednesday reported its first two casualties due to the deadly coronavirus that has infected 301 people across the country. “Sad to report one patient who passed away

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Watch TV to make up for missing classes in Kashmir!

Srinagar, Mar 17: District Development Commissioner Dr Shahid Iqbal Chowdary on Tuesday directed heads of Departments and Institutions to devise and submit proposal for televised coaching classes by March 20 this month

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Despite testing negative for coronavirus: 7 patients to remain quarantined at SKIMS

Srinagar, Mar 11: Despite testing negative for coronavirus, seven patients will continue to remain quarantined at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) as a precautionary measure. In-charge Medical Superintendent, SKIMS, Dr. Ghulam

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In this Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, photo, workers wearing protective gears spray disinfectant against the coronavirus in front of a church in Daegu, South Korea. The mayor of the South Korean city of Daegu urged its 2.5 million people on Thursday, Feb. 20, to refrain from going outside as cases of a new virus spike. (Lee Moo-ryul/Newsis via AP)

Over 94,000 Coronavirus cases confirmed worldwide:WHO

The novel coronavirus is now in over 75 countries with over 94,000 cases confirmed worldwide, says WHO. Mainland China reported 139 new confirmed cases on Wednesday, reversing three straight days of declines,

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In bid to cure coronavirus, decade-old Actemra drug emerges as hope

China has approved the use of Swiss drugmaker Roche’s anti-inflammation drug Actemra for patients who develop severe complications from the coronavirus as it urgently hunts for new ways to combat the deadly

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Four patients with coronavirus like symptoms quarantined at SKIMS

Srinagar, Mar 4: Four patients with coronavirus-like symptoms have been quarantined at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) on Wednesday. In-charge Medical Superintendent of SKIMS, Ghulam Hassan Yattoo said four quarantined male

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Coronavirus: 28 test positive in India, including 16 Italian tourists

New Delhi :Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan says India has 28 confirmed cases of Coronavirus, which includes 16 Italian tourists. “We have requested all hospitals in Delhi to develop good quality isolation

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Phulpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing a Parivartan Sankalp Rally at Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. PTI Photo(PTI2_20_2017_000140B)

PM to skip Holi milan amid Coronavirus advisory

New Delhi :Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not be participating in any ‘Holi milan’ programmes this year in view of Novel Coronavirus outbreak. He cited experts’ advice to reduce mass gatherings to

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Parents appeal Delhi HC for return of wards from Coronavirus-hit Iran

Court seeks Centre’s response New Delhi, Mar 3: The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought the Centre’s response on a plea by parents of Indian students, including those from Kashmir, stranded in Iran due

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