End The Lockdown
Riyaz Wani
A recent runaway surge in coronavirus cases temporarily threatened to plunge Jammu and Kashmir into the same chaos as was unfolding in Delhi through March and April. At over 5000 cases a day in April, Kashmir had cases almost equal to the number in Pakistan, a country with 21 times more population. This was a troubling state of affairs. At one point, there was a 700 per cent rise in the cases in just four weeks. And any further spike could have overrun the health facilities.
The Lal Chowk In Lockdown: Perhaps the busiest space of Kashmir, Lal Chowk is silent like a rock because of the almost month-old lockdown. KL Image: Bilal Bahadur
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Covid Priority
Riyaz Wani
Relatives and volunteers carry the body of a Covid-19 victim from the ambulance for last rites at a cremation ground in Srinagar, on Tuesday 25 May 2021. KL Image: Bilal Bahadur
Jammu and Kashmir still continues to record the Covid-19 cases in the region of 3000 which is three times more than the peak last year. An average of over 50 people are dying every day, more of them surprisingly in Jammu, even when more than double the region’s cases are witnessed in Kashmir. This has pushed the healthcare infrastructure to the breaking point and further rise in infections could create chaos akin to the one being witnessed in New Delhi.