Two die of COVID, 73 test +ve
Two die of COVID, 73 test +ve
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU/SRINAGAR/ LEH, Feb 14: Two persons died and 73 tested positive for COVID-19 while 65 others recovered from the virus in Jammu and Kashmir.
A 75-year-old man from Ekta Vihar in Gangyal area of Jammu died of ailments and virus in Dayanand Medical College (DMC) Ludhiana. His body was brought to the GMC Jammu as per COVID protocol for cremation, Medical Superintendent Dr Dara Singh said.
A 58-year-old man from Ellahibagh Soura in Srinagar succumbed to COVID-19 in a hospital in the Valley.
Fifteen persons tested positive for Coronavirus in the Jammu region 14 in Jammu district and one in Poonch while eight other districts didn’t report any fresh case today.
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1 DC Varinder Kumar Sharma poses for a photograph after getting vaccinated in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Photo: Ashwani Dhiman
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, Febraury 10
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Varinder Kumar Sharma was inoculated against Covid at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital here today.
After receiving the jab, the DC said he was feeling completely fine and healthy. He urged residents not to panic or believe in rumours spread on the social media regarding the vaccine.
Later, he interacted with residents through his weekly Facebook live session. The DC was accompanied by Dr Bishav Mohan, Professor of Cardiology, and Dr Ashwani K Chaudhary, Professor and Head, Community Medicine, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, in the session.
Ludhiana: Five persons, three from Ludhiana district, died of Covid-19 whereas 32 persons from the district tested positive for the disease on Saturda.
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Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU/SRINAGAR/ LEH, Jan 15: Four thousand soldiers and Army doctors and paramedics deployed along Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh will be vaccinated in Phase-I of Corona vaccination beginning tomorrow while five persons died of COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir, 144 tested positive for the virus and 179 others recovered.
Official sources told the Excelsior that the Union Health Ministry along with the Union Territory administration in Ladakh and Army have made special arrangements to vaccinate 4000 Army soldiers deployed in various forward areas of the Eastern Ladakh in prolonged standoff with the Chinese troops.
Ladakh had yesterday received 11,500 doses of Covishield vaccine.