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Baramulla May 09: Senior assistant of Horticulture department on Sunday died due to a heart attack in Bandipora.

Mohammed Syed Baba, senior assistant of the horticulture department suffered a massive heart attack and died today around 2:30 pm at his residence in Bandipora.

Director Horticulture Aijaz Ahmed Bhat expressed shock over the death and expressed his condolence to the bereaved family.

“Shocking & heart-wrenching news, Heartfelt condolences to his family, May almighty Allah give strength to his family to bear this big & irreparable loss”.

A great heavy loss to his family as well horticulture department, he added.

Srinagar, May 9: Authorities have extended ‘corona curfew’ by seven days in all 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir.

“Corona Curfew imposed in all 20 districts of J&K till 7 am on Monday, 10/5/21 is extended further by 7 days till 7 am on Monday, 17/5/21. The curfew will be strict except for a few essential services,” government said in a tweet on DIPR handle as per GNS.

Further, the gathering permissible for marriages has been reduced to 25 only with immediate effect.

Meanwhile, normal life remained affected in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday for the eleven day running due to lockdown in the wake of record surge in coronavirus cases, officials said.

Police and paramilitary forces put barricades on roads at many places in Srinagar as well as in other district headquarters of the Valley and the Jammu region to prevent the movement of people. However, essential and emergency services are allowed, the officials added.

Most of the shops, and other business establishments remained shut while public transport was off the roads. (GNS)

Over 700 Fatalities Recorded Since April 1; 376 Succumb To Virus This Month So Far

Srinagar, May 9: Jammu and Kashmir reported 34 more deaths due to covid-19 since last evening, taking the fatality count over 2700 mark.

Officials told GNS that 16 deaths were reported at GMC Jammu, two in Rajouri while 15 others occurred in various hospitals of Kashmir, taking the overall toll 2706.

Among others, they said, the victims include an 80-year-old man from Alijan road Soura who died at SKIMS Soura, four days after he was admitted to the tertiary care hospital.

A 60-year-old man Sangeen Darwaza Hawal died at SMHS hospital, four days after he was admitted to the facility, they said.

An 83-year-old woman from Rajbagh Srinagar also died at the facility, six days after her admission, they said.

A 75-year-old man from Bemina, who was admitted on May 7, also died at SMHS hospital, they said.

Also, an 80-year-old woman from Hyderpora Srinagar died six days after she was admitted to SMHS hospital, they said.

One person from Check Arsla Khan Bandipora died soon after he was shifted by family to District Hospital Bandipora after remaining unwell for days at home. His swab returned positive for the virus and died with few hours of admission to the hospital, they said.

An 80-year-old man from Gulab Bagh Srinagar died two days after he was admitted to SKIMS Soura, they said.

An 80-year-old woman from Malshaibagh Ganderbal also died at the hospital, less than two days of her admission to the tertiary care hospital, they said.

A 50-year-old CRPF trooper from 96 battalion posted in Mattan Anantnag, also succumbed to the virus at SKIMS Soura, they said.

A 46-year-old man from Rajbagh Srinagar died nearly a week after he was admitted to SKIMS Soura, they said.

A 58-year-old woman from New Theed Harwan, who was admitted to SMHS hospital, on May 5 died last evening, they said.

A 55-year-old man from Chadoora Budgam died at CD hospital, a day after he was admitted to the facility for the management of Covid-19 patients, they said.

A 70-year-old woman also died at SMHS hospital last evening, they added.
A 30-year-old man among two persons who die due to the contagion in Rajouri district, they said.

A 55-year-old man from Laktipora died at GMC Anantnag last evening, a day after he was admitted to the facility.

With these fresh deaths, 708 people have succumbed to the virus since April 1 in Jammu and Kashmir while overall toll since the pandemic started in last March has risen to 2706—1157 in Jammu and 1549 in the Valley. 376 people died in the present month so far, they added. (GNS)

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Srinagar, May 08: Relatively unaffected during the first wave of Covid-19 last year, a high number of children and adolescents are contracting the novel coronavirus in the second wave.

A large number of Covid-19 cases in ages more than 10 years and also between 1-8 years are being reported in the fresh surge — though most are mildly symptomatic.

Dr Suhail Ahmad Naik, President of Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) while talking with KNO said there were only few cases mostly asymptomatic were reported in first wave, however, the second wave of Covid-19 has come with different aggression, high rate of transmission, changed spectrum of illness and is impacting kids significantly.

Naik said that as schools are closed, the kids usually contract infection from adults who go outside home and don’t follow Covid appropriate behavior.

“In second wave we have witnessed cases of bilateral pneumonia and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) which were not in the first wave,” he said.

Naik said that there is no vaccine and drugs for children as of now so extra care must be taken.

Pediatrician Dr Showkat Shifa Assistant Professor at GMC Anantnag while talking with KNO said as cases increased in general the cases of children have also increased.

“In first wave the percentage of children in positive cases was 4.2 which is now 5.8 percent,” Shifa said.

However, Shifa said that there is no need to panic as 99 percent of positive children will recover at home and hardly one percent may need hospitalisation.

“Proper nutritions is essential for all. A positive mother can feed her baby while following precautions,” he said.

Shifa said in case a parent is tested positive, it is the “most dangerous” thing to send the children to live with someone else.

“Keep in mind your child would already be harbouring the virus even though they have no symptoms, they can innocently pass on the infection to the elders where you have sent them. Hence it would be wiser to keep them in your home along with you quarantined for 14 days,” he said.

He said that in case a child tests positive for Covid-19, there is no need to rush them to the hospital and have them admitted. They can be monitored at home.

“Children are potential sources of virus and adults especially elderly people with ailments must handle children meticulously while following precautions as they can contract virus from children unknowingly which can later prove fatal for adults,” Shifa said—(KNO)

Srinagar, May 08: There has been no let up in the positive cases in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir—Srinagar that recorded over 9000 cases in the past nine days, official figures reveal.

The surge in the positive cases comes despite lock down in the district. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the government imposed Corona Curfew in 11 districts of Jammu and Kashmir since April 29 evening in order to prevent the virus from spreading.

However, in the last nine days, the district has recorded 9708 positive cases.

As per the data available, the district recorded 932 positive cases on April 30 following which the cases started increasing as on May 01, it recorded 1084 cases.

On May 02, the district recorded 1126 cases while on May 03, it recorded 1136 positive cases. The figure kept increasing thereafter as the district recorded 1311 positive cases on May 04.

On May 05, a total of 1125 COVID cases reported from Srinagar while on May 06 and 07, the district recorded 1070 and 1071 cases receptively. On May 08, the daily positive cases have reduced as compared to the previous days as 853 cases were detected across the district.

Talking to KNO, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Srinagar, Syed Muhammad Hanief Balkhi said that the lockdown has helped the administration in curbing the number of daily positive cases to a large extent.

“The precautionary measures being taken by the people has helped in curbing the number of cases. The cases have reduced today and we hope that it will go down further as well,” he said, adding that people have been following the Corona Curfew orders in spirit and thus has helped in reducing the cases.

However, he said that it has not been decided yet whether the restrictions would continue or not. “The announcement will be made soon,” he said—(KNO)