SRINAGAR: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, hypertension, stroke, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes are the primary causes of mortality globally.
In anticipation of a possible surge triggered by Covid19’s Omicron variant, Minhaj Masoodi evaluates the state and status of the infection management in Kashmir in the backdrop of deficits made visible by the second wave In April 2021, when the second wave of Covid19 made headlines, a sense of pan.
SRINAGAR: Right now as the world is desperately trying to contain the impact of the Delta variant of the virus behind Covid19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has detected a potentially much dangerous variant and named it Omicron.
Plague like many other epidemics got imported into Kashmir. A Mitra, Kashmir’s erstwhile Chief Medical Officer of Kashmir treated the plague-infected and tackled the epidemic for the government in 1903 while keeping a detailed record of the history.
SRINAGAR: The mortality of the Coronavirus has further dwindled in the last 24 hours as Jammu and Kashmir’s 20 districts reported 12 deaths, one of the lowest so far. In the last 24 hours, the authorities said 774 new infections were recorded.