Coronavirus

Jammu, April 02 (KMS): Denied passage through the Jawahar Tunnel to their homes in Jammu, a group of migrants working in Indian occupied Kashmir took a perilous detour through the snow-clad higher reaches of the Pir Panjal range — a decision that proved fatal for three of them, and left …

Srinagar, April 01 (KMS): People who entered Indian occupied Kashmir after March 1 have been warned to declare their travel history within two days or face legal action. District magistrates in IOK have also asked people associated with members of the Tablighi group, the religious organisation to which a person …

Muzaffarabad, April 01 (KMS): The AJK President Sardar Masood Khan, strongly condemning unprovoked firing by Indian troops at the Line of Control in Azad Kashmir, has said that the presence of Indian Army in occupied Kashmir was more dangerous than the COVID-19 pandemic. Reacting over unprovoked Indian firing in Pando …

Jammu, March 31 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, majority areas of Jammu region fear a tough time due to the absence of proper medical facilities to meet the rising coronavirus challenge. Hospitals in Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban districts do not have proper equipment, such as ventilators, to meet any kind of …

Srinagar, March 31 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) has said doctors, nurses and paramedical staff are at greater risk of developing severe disease if they get infected with the novel coronavirus. DAK President Dr Nisarul Hassan in a statement issued in Srinagar said, “The novel virus seems …

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 …

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. …

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 …

Srinagar, March 25 (KMS): The number of COVID-19 positive cases in Kashmir went up to four on Tuesday after three suspects returned positive results, officials said. This has taken the total number of positive cases in occupied Kashmir to seven — four in the Kashmir Valley, three in Srinagar City. …

Srinagar, March 24 (KMS): As the world scrambles to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, fear and anxiety prevail in Indian occupied Kashmir after six COVID-19 cases were detected. Hospitals in the occupied territory have an acute shortage of doctors and paramedics, while its healthcare facilities are insufficient to meet the …