Spike continues, J&K adds 314 coronavirus cases with eight more deaths

Jammu and Kashmir on Monday recorded 314 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the union territory’s tally to 10,827, while eight more fatalities pushed the toll to 187, officials said. “Eight people, who were COVID-19 positive, have died over the past 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir,” they said. This has taken the death toll due to coronavirus in the union territory to 187. Of these, 170 were from Kashmir and 17 were from the Jammu region. As many as 314 new cases of coronavirus were detected in the union territory during…

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J&K to welcome tourists, but only Pre-booked, Air passengers allowed

Days after opening parks and gardens to the public, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday decided to open the tourism sector in a phased manner with effect from Tuesday but limiting it to tourists arriving by air only. However, it advised the tourists above the age of 65 years to avoid coming to the union territory and also announced compulsory RT-PCR testing of all tourists at the airport on arrival. Announcing the decision and the guidelines for entry of tourists in the UT in phase-1 valid with effect from…

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