J&K extends lockdown till May 17
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The J&K administration on Sunday prolonged ‘Corona curfew’ as much as May 17 in all 20 districts, with the specialists fearing that day by day optimistic circumstances might contact as much as 10,000 a day in coming weeks.
“Corona curfew imposed in all 20 districts of J&K till 7 a.m. on Monday is extended further by seven days till Monday (May 17). The curfew will be strict except for a few essential services,” a authorities spokesman mentioned.
The spokesman mentioned the gathering permissible for marriages is now lowered to 25.
L-G chairs meet
These choices have been taken throughout a high-level assembly of the Covid Task Force chaired by J&K Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha. “Ten additional oxygen generation plants are coming up in J&K soon with the intervention of the Central government. Most of the big COVID care government hospitals here now have their own oxygen generation plants. The upcoming plants will add to the capacity of oxygen availability in the UT,” Mr. Sinha mentioned.
Meanwhile, restrictions have yielded some beneficial ends in containing the unfold of the corona virus, particularly on the neighborhood stage, the officers mentioned.
The J&K administration additionally determined to begin contractual reappointment of retired healthcare staff, together with college members, medical officers and senior-cum-junior consultants.
“In view of the surge in COVID-19 cases in its second wave and with a view to augment the efforts of the government in fight against this pandemic, sanction is accorded to the contractual appointment of those faculty members, as have retired from the Government Medical Colleges, Srinagar and Jammu, and SKIMS, Soura/Bemina, who are within 70 years of age as on June 2021 and are willing to join in their respective parent institutions for deployment for COVID duty,” a authorities order mentioned.
The engagement shall be for a interval of 1 12 months, it added.
The contemporary measures have come after Prof. M.S. Khuroo, Chairman of the Apex Level (*17*) Committee of Government of Jammu and Kashmir for COVID-19, in an interview to a neighborhood day by day, requested the administration to arrange for receiving near 10,000 COVID optimistic circumstances with round 100 deaths per day.
Likely to peak
“The pandemic is likely to peak within 3 to 4 weeks and stay at a plateau for several weeks before showing regression. The next six to eight weeks are crucial as J&K is likely to witness 6,000 to 10,000 cases, 60 to 100 deaths per day,” Prof. Khuroo was quoted as saying by the day by day.
He mentioned many mutant strains of the virus along with the wild pressure have resulted in some distinctive options this 12 months. “There is a suspicion that COVID-19 as of today in J&K has higher mortality and morbidity,” he added.
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