Jammu: Doctors of Government Medical College & Hospital Jammu, and its Associate Hospitals have been regularly sharing their advice with respect to Covid-19, its treatment and prevention.The golden rules to protect oneself and one’s family
SRINAGAR: Amid a surge in Covid19 positive cases, Dr Ashiq Rashid Mir, Surveillance Medical Officer, World Health Organization (WHO), Kashmir, expressed optimism over the recovery rate of positive cases along with less case fatality rate in Jammu and Kashmir compared to the rest of the states.
Amid Upsurge in Covid Cases, WHO team hands over 100 Oxygen concentrators to Health department managers in Srinagar in the third week of May 2021. KL Image: BIlal Bahadur
“This is the main indicator which shows the disease is under control”, Mir was quoted by DIPRJK saying, insisting with the determination and cooperation of people, the impact of a pandemic could be subdued to a large extent. Mir said more than 130 thousand patients have recovered in Kashmir and another eighty thousand have recovered in Jammu which according to him is an encouraging sign.
Dr Ashiq Rashid Mir, Surveillance Medical Officer, expressed optimism over the recovery rate of positive cases along with less case fatality rate compared to the rest of the states.
The case fatality rate of COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir is lower compared to other states in the country, which indicates the disease is under control, surveillance medical officer of the WHO here said on Saturday.
Dr Ashiq Rashid Mir, Surveillance Medical Officer, World Health Organization, Kashmir Division, expressed optimism over the recovery rate of positive cases along with less case fatality rate in Jammu and Kashmir compared to the rest of the states.
âThis is the main indicator which shows the disease is under control,â he said.
Mir said with the cooperation of the people, the impact of the pandemic could be subdued to a large extent.