Six patients admitted with flu symptoms and having history of travel to outside India have been found negative for coronavirus while 28 people are admitted across J&K hospitals.
At Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), 13 patients are admitted in quarantine section of the hospital while one patient continues to be in isolation ward. This patient, along with two more who had been admitted yesterday, have been found negative for coronavirus but are “very sick,” hospital administration said. No test report is awaited, medical superintendent of the hospital, Dr Farooq Jan said.
At Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar, three samples have tested negative for coronavirus, Dr S Saleem Khan, nodal officer for coronavirus and head, department of community medicine said.
Meanwhile, Government has extended J&K Epidemic Disease (COVID-19) Regulations, 2020 to both the divisions of Jammu and Kashmir to step up efforts to tackle the contagious coronavirus disease. The Regulations were extended to whole of J&K under the orders of Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandar Murmu which define powers, duties and responsibilities to the surveillance personnel, duties and responsibilities of Medical Officers and Practitioners, enforcement and offences.
According to official Media Bulletin on novel coronavirus (COVID-19), 2615 travellers and persons in contact with suspected cases have been enlisted for surveillance and, so far, three cases have tested positive in Jammu and Kashmir. Whereas 2060 persons have been kept under home quarantine, 28 are in hospital quarantine, the bulletin said. Persons who are under home surveillance stand at 297 while as 230 persons have completed their 28-day surveillance period.
Further, 113 samples have been sent for testing, of which 105 tested as negative and three cases have tested positive so far, while as reports of five cases are awaited.
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