SRINAGAR: In wake of rising number of positive COVID-19 cases, Srinagar’s District Administration on Monday converted Indoor Stadium, Haft Chinar as a COVID Emergency Care Centre.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Muhammad Aijaz Asad according to local news agency KNO said that a COVID centre for emergency has been set up at Indoor Stadium.
Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Srinagar, Syed Muhammad Hanief Balkhi said that the patients with mild symptoms would be accommodated in the COVID-19 centres.
Officials told the news agency that the Indoor Stadium will hold up to 120 beds. The Stadium turned health centre will also provide oxygen facility to patients.
“Like previous year, many COVID-19 centres have been established again at Indoor Stadium, Sanat Nagar Marriage hall, Kashmir University’s Zakura campus, NIT Srinagar and Hajj house,” the ADC said.
The Administration has already suspended all close-contact sports and activities in the region.
Follow this link to join our WhatsApp group: Join Now
Be Part of Quality Journalism |
Quality journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce and despite all the hardships we still do it. Our reporters and editors are working overtime in Kashmir and beyond to cover what you care about, break big stories, and expose injustices that can change lives. Today more people are reading Kashmir Observer than ever, but only a handful are paying while advertising revenues are falling fast. |
| ACT NOW |
| MONTHLY | Rs 100 |  |
| YEARLY | Rs 1000 | |
| LIFETIME | Rs 10000 | |
