COVID 19 turns into time bomb, needs to be defused 

Srinagar: The COVID-19 threat may turn into a full blown crisis has sent alarm bells ringing across Jammu and Kashmir.
The administration has announced that it would act tough against the violators of lockdown and it has already started booking the people, who are not following the directions.
Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Chaudary had tweeted that if he shares all the information, people in Kashmir will get sleepless nights. He had urged people to follow the government directions and keep themselves safe.
“It’s like a war like situation. Air and surface transport have been suspended. Complete lockdown has been ordered as the invisible enemy is on prowl and can hit anyone,” an analyst told Precious Kashmir.
He said that it’s unfortunate that the doctors and other medical staffers who are at the forefront to fight this pandemic are struggling to get the protective gear. “The priority of the administration should be to protect the medicos, whose role is no less than the army in the given circumstances. They need to be provided with the protective gear without any delay. One cannot expect any army to fight a war without weapons,” he added.
An observer said, “The J&K administration sealing its borders with the neighbouring States is a step in right direction as it will stop the influx of people entering into Jammu and Kashmir.”
He said, “Non-local labourers had started arriving in hordes and increase in their number could have given a tough time to the authorities in Kashmir.  The only way to tackle the COVID-19 threat is to break the chain and it can be done by keeping people indoors and stopping them for gathering at one place.”
There were reports that playfields in Kashmir were full during the past few days but Police have started cracking the whip by not allowing youth to assemble and play cricket matches. Shopkeepers are being booked for violating the lockdown orders. Jammu-Srinagar National Highway has been closed. People who have arrived from COVID-19 hit countries have been sent to quarantine centers’. One elderly woman, who had tested positive for COVID-19 in Kashmir, is recuperating at SKIMS and her close contacts have tested negative.  But three more people testing positive in Srinagar on Tuesday has added to the panic.

“J&K administration is trying its best to keep things under control and is taking preemptive measures to ensure that the time bomb doesn’t explode. But these measures can’t help till people cooperate and understand the gravity of the situation,” said an observer.
He said that people at the helm will have to put in little more extra effort to keep people away from the hospitals as “health infrastructure” in Jammu and Kashmir is not upto the mark. “People too need to realize that the time bomb is ticking and the only way to save their lives is to diffuse it,” the observer added.

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