Islamabad, April 18 (KMS): Youth Forum for Kashmir (YFK), an international Kashmir lobby group Friday organized a webinar that brought together Kashmir experts to explore steps to avoid the possibility that a global focus on COVID-19 pandemic might take attention away from the situation in Kashmir. The webinar was titled …
Read More »Kashmir halts sample collection as 5,000 test kits diverted to Jammu
Srinagar, April 17 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the Directorate of Health Services (DHS) has stopped taking samples from the persons potentially infected from coronavirus in the Kashmir Valley, putting the people at the risk of getting affected by the deadly disease. The DHS halted sample collection in protest after a …
Read More »Kashmiris in IOK fighting both ‘Modivirus and coronavirus’
Muzaffarabad, April 17 (KMS): Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan said that our brethren in the held territory are fighting both Modivirus and coronavirus. “The Indian government has no strategy to respond to coronavirus in occupied Kashmir,” he underlined and said that thousands of Kashmiri people detained …
Read More »India charges Tableeghi Jamaat leader with culpable homicide for coronavirus surge
New Delhi, April 17 (KMS): India has brought charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the chief of the country’s Tableeghi Jamaat for holding a gathering last month that authorities say led to a big jump in coronavirus infections, police said on Thursday. The headquarters of the Tableeghi …
Read More »Entire IOK will be under complete lockdown
Srinagar, April 16 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the strict lockdown will continue beyond April 20 owing to coronavirus hotspots across its districts. An official told media that all districts of Kashmir division have more than one COVID-19 hotspot and, therefore, the authorities will not ease restrictions on public movement. This …
Read More »90 Coronavirus red zones identified in IOK
Srinagar, April 15 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, a total of 90 Red Zones have been identified in 13 districts of Kashmir Valley and Jammu region, so far. Of these 90 Red Zones, 76 are in the Kashmir Valley and 14 are in Jammu region. A tweet by the Department of …
Read More »Masood laments people of IOK alone in fight against COVID-19
Muzaffarabad, April 15 (KMS): Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan has lamented that the people of Indian occupied Kashmir were alone in their fight against the coronavirus side by side with facing brutalities of the Indian occupation forces. In a video message, the AJK President said that …
Read More »Slow Internet speeding the spread of the coronavirus in IOK
Srinagar, April 14 (KMS): When Indian occupied Kashmir confirmed its first coronavirus case on March 18, Iqbal Saleem, a professor of surgery at Government Medical College in the capital, Srinagar, sensed the days ahead would be challenging. He sent a WhatsApp message to his friend, a surgeon in the United …
Read More »India has 7,529 confirmed corona cases with 242 deaths
New Delhi, April 12 (KMS): The Indian Health Ministry has said that the number of coronavirus cases in the country could have increased to 8.2 lakh by April 15 had India not implemented a lockdown and other containment measures Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry Lav Agarwal addressing a daily …
Read More »10 more coronavirus cases reported in IOK
Srinagar, April 11 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, 10 more positive cases of coronavirus were reported, today. All these new cases were reported in the Kashmir Valley. The total number of COVID-19 patients has reached to 232 in the entire occupied territory. Of these 232 cases, 180 were reported in Kashmir, …
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