Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Basir Khan said that the administration is fully prepared to deal with the coronavirus. He said this while reviewing the preparations made to tackle the virus in Srinagar. He has asked all the deputy commissioners and health department officials to show the symptoms of coronavirus and ways to avoid it among the people.

Imam, Panch, and Sarpanch will show ways to avoid coronavirus

He asked the Imams of the mosques, Panchas, Sarpanchs, doctors, police, and media to seek the help of the health department-issued advisors. He asked to create travel inventory of students and traders at the district level in China and other countries where the virus has been decided.

Take the information about the symptoms of coronavirus from domestic and foreign tourists as well. He asked deputy commissioners to set up a 24-hour helpline. It was informed in the meeting that not a single patient infected with the coronavirus has arrived in the valley so far, but the administration has deployed rapid response teams in all the districts.

It was informed in the meeting that apart from health check-up camps at the airport, railway station, teams of doctors, paramedical staff and ambulances have also been deployed. It was informed in the meeting that GMC has set up isolation wards with a capacity of 26 beds, 25 beds in the schemes in Srinagar.

Apart from this, 52 beds are also kept separately in other hospitals. Apart from this, teams of microbiologists have also been kept ready. GMC Srinagar has placed 11,500 triple layer masks, seven thousand N-95 masks while the skims have ten thousand N-95 masks and two lakh truple layer masks.

Students from China - General
Many students of Jammu and Kashmir are currently studying MBBS and engineering in China. In such a situation, these students are also expected to be brought back soon. Many parents in Kashmir have demanded to bring back the children. A student returned a day earlier. His condition is normal. At the same time, it is hoped that other students will also return soon. Many have been brought back from China in India on Sunday as well.