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Officials said the Union Territory received a fresh consignment of Covishield vaccine on Tuesday.
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A health worker takes a nasal swab sample of a Kashmiri man to test for COVID-19 at a primary health centre in Budgam southwest of Srinagar, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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Officials said the Union Territory received a fresh consignment of Covishield vaccine on Tuesday.
After drawing flak from the political parties and locals for its sluggish and skewed COVID-19 vaccination drive in Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Territory (UT) administration has said it will resume the vaccination, also for those waiting for their second doses, on “a war footing” from Wednesday.
Srinagar emerges as COVID hotspot
Worries ahead for authorities as Srinagar-the summer capital of the Union Territory (UT) of J&K, is emerging as a hotspot, amid an influx of a huge number of tourists, this year.
After losing two successive tourist seasons, a ray of hope was rekindled among people associated with the tourism sector because a huge flow of tourists was witnessed in the first three months of this year but the recent surge in the corona positive cases, once again, created fear among them. During the last three days we have cancelled over a dozen package tours to Valley because once again panic gripped tourists coming from different parts of the country , Ashwani Sharma, a tourist agent, told International Business Times, adding, During the last three months we have witnessed huge flow of tourists to Kashmir Valley but during the last couple of days people are asking for the cancellations of bookings.