Ahead of ‘Janta curfew’ on Sunday, the entire Jammu district locked down completely on Friday to ‘effectively’ fight coronavirus pandemic. Though no fresh case tested positive in the last 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir, the Government agencies reviewed their preparedness to ensure success of the ‘Janta curfew’ on Sunday.
In Srinagar, all out efforts were being made to sanitise the densely populated areas and tracking down any suspected case of coronavirus who may have come in contact with the lone positive case.
In Jammu, all the local markets wore a deserted look as shops remained closed.
The district administration also suspended public transport mini buses on different routes across the district to prevent movement of common people. All the religious places are also observing complete shut down.
Late in the evening, the government ordered that the employees shall attend their offices on alternate weeks excepting those who are associated with Coronavirus control efforts and essential services. The concerned head of the departments were directed to draft a weekly roaster of duty for all employees till further orders.
In order to strictly enforce the lock down, the District Administration, also sealed two business premises for violating the Orders of District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA).
According to the Media Bulletin on novel coronavirus (COVID-19), at present 2465 persons have been kept under home quarantine while as 44 are in hospital quarantine.
Persons who are under home surveillance stand at 416 while as 405 persons have completed their 28-day surveillance period. The Bulletin added 186 samples have been sent for testing of which 178 tested as negative and only four cases have tested positive, so far while as four reports are awaited till March 20, 2020.