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Amid the worsening COVID situation in Jammu and Kashmir, health experts on Tuesday evening called for imposing of strict lockdown to check the spread of the virus.
President Doctors Association of Kashmir and Flu expert Dr. Nisar Ul Hassan asked the government to re-impose lockdown across Union Territory (UT) to prevent further spread and deaths due to the novel Coronavirus.
Pointing towards a surge in positive cases, experts asked the government to act now to prevent the situation from further worsening.
IANS For the last few days, people in large numbers are coming to hospitals with severe bilateral pneumonia requiring oxygen and many needing intensive-care setting. Our beds are full, oxygen points are occupied and we don t have any space left in ICUs as well, Dr. Hassan said.
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Only 2-week wait for jab after recovery Srinagar- Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Monday said people who have recovered from Covid-19 infection should get the vaccine. If you already had the virus and recovered, you still need to get vaccinated, said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. Those who have contracted the disease should get inoculated 2 weeks after their recovery, he said. Earlier, individuals who tested positive for the virus required to wait for 3 months between recovery and vaccination. However, that has now changed. Under the new guidelines, Covid-19 patients only need to wait for 2 weeks to get the shot, Dr Nisar said.
Covid resurgence: 19-year-old girl from Budgam fresh victim of deadly virus
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Deceased youngest Covid victim of current year; She had no underline conditions; second wave more infectious, more lethal, high time to ramp up genome sequencing: Dr Nisar ul Hassan
Srinagar, Apr 21 (KNO): The second wave of Covid-19 has started to prove more lethal and infectious than the first wave as a 19-year-old girl from Budgam with no Comorbidities died just within a week after contracting the virus, at a Srinagar hospital on Wednesday.
Dr Nisar ul Hassan, a flu expert and the President Doctors Association Kashmir while talking to news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that the second wave of the Covid-19 is proving to be more lethal as it is more infectious than the first wave and there is need to ramp up genome sequencing.