Coronavirus

India’s internet curbs in Kashmir hamper coronavirus fight

Srinagar, March 31 (KMS): The long-running curbs on the internet in Indian occupied Kashmir prevented a handful of doctors from the occupied territory to join an online training session on managing ventilators – critical equipment for patients with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. These doctors were invited …

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65-year-old becomes first victim of coronavirus in IOK

Srinagar, March 26 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, a 65-year-old man infected with the coronavirus died at Chest Disease (CD) Hospital Dalgate, Srinagar in the early hours of Thursday. Officials told media men that Muhammad Ashraf, a resident of Hyderpora area of Srnagar was first recorded victim of coronavirus in occupied Kashmir. …

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IOK students stranded as India seals Bangladesh border

Dhaka, March 25 (KMS): A group of 75 medical students from occupied Kashmir was stranded at the Benapole border crossing of Bangladesh as India shut all land crossings with neighbouring countries. According to Kashmir Media Service, the students were returning home from medical colleges in Mymensingh and Dhaka and were …

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