Early Times Report
Jammu , Mar 26: As India continues to fight the deadly coronavirus, Member of Parliament from Jammu’s Poonch Jugal Kishore Sharma released an amount of Rs.1 crore for the prevention and care of people. This comes after the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir recorded its first death due to Coronavirus on Thursday. The 65-year old man from Hyderpora, Srinagar had a medical history of diabetes, hypertension and obesity.
The official statement released by the MP stated that the money will be utilised for ventilators, masks, sanitisers sprats and allied food materials in Poonch.
So far, there have been 11 cases of COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir out of which nine are active, one person has been fully cured and one has died. As per a government bulletin on Wednesday, in Jammu and Kashmir, as many as 5,124 travellers and people who came in contact with suspected and positive cases have been put under surveillance. |
