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daily Follow us: Daily Excelsior JAMMU, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021 REGD. NO. JK-71/21-23 Vol No. 57 14 Pages ` 5.00 ExcelsiorRNI No. 28547/65 No. 122 PM takes key Former Union Home Secy, wife test +ve decisions to fight Corona 35 more dead as COVID spikes NEW DELHI, May 3: Seeking to augment human resources deployed in fighting COVID-19, Prime Minister in Jammu, 1294 new cases Narendra Modi has approved a number of measures, including postponing the NEET-PG for at 26 doctors, 4 cops each in One death, 140 cases in Ladakh; many least four months to make a large number of qualified doctors avail- DPL, Crime Branch infected positive at SECMOL Campus able for pandemic duty and press- ing into service medical interns. Sanjeev Pargal for COVID-19 here today. came from Siot Sunderbani, Thirty five fresh COVID The PMO said in a statement As many as 26 doctors were Rajdhani, Thanna Mandi and deaths have taken Jammu region’s today that the services of final JAMMU, May 3: Jammu found infected with the virus in Rajouri town while two deaths of Corona toll to 981, the highest year MBBS students can also be and Kashmir today reported 50 Jammu region while a Sub Poonch took place at Saiklu being 534 in Jammu district, 73 utilised for providing services like more COVID casualties and Inspector and three police consta- Mandi and Timra Mandi. Two Rajouri, 69 each Udhampur and tele-consultation and monitoring 3733 positive cases. Jammu bles reported positive in the deaths of Ramban were recorded Doda, 66 Kathua, 59 Samba, 39 of mild COVID cases after due region accounted for 35 deaths District Police Lines (DPL). Four in Chakka Kundi and Kow Bagh Poonch, 30 Ramban, 22 Kishtwar orientation under the faculty's and 1294 positives. more officials of the Crime Branch villages. and 20 in Reasi district. supervision. Among 35 fatalities in Jammu and two children from CRPF One death each was reported Among 1294 COVID posi- Bantalab also tested positive. from Kud in Udhampur district, tive cases reported in Jammu (Contd on page 11 Col 5) region, 10 were women while Jammu district continued to account Among 35 deaths, 25 occurred Korora Prem Nagar in Doda and region today, Jammu district Centre, States for maximum deaths with 24 per- at the Government Medical Kathua town. continued to account for maxi- People purchasing vegetables in Sabzi Mandi at Parade Ground Jammu during morning hours sons succumbing to Coronavirus. College (GMC) Jammu. *Watch video on mum with 584 cases while on Monday. —Excelsior/Rakesh may consider Four deaths were recorded in COVID deaths in Jammu www.excelsiornews.com Samba also recorded single-day Rajouri, two each Poonch and district were reported from highest 209 cases. In Kathua dis- 629 fined, 46 FIRs registered, 81 arrested for violating curfew lockdown: SC Ramban and one each in Udhampur, Janipura and Trikuta Nagar Deputy Commissioner Jammu trict, 112 persons tested positive Doda and Kathua districts. (two each), Pindi Charakan Anshul Garg today added whole- for the virus followed by 111 in NEW DELHI, May 3: The fact that COVID-19 has Arnia, Domana, Nanak Nagar, salers dealing with medicines and Rajouri, 97 Reasi, 86 15 die of COVID-19 in Concerned over surge in fast spread to rural areas of Jammu Govindpura Chatha, Om other pharmaceuticals and gro- Udhampur, 44 Ramban, 30 COVID-19 cases in the country, region was evident from the fact Nagar, Jain Bazaar, Chakrohi ceries in the list of partially permis- Poonch, 12 Doda and nine in and Chak Shero, both RS Pura, the Supreme Court said the that more than half of the deaths in sible activities in the district from 6 Kishtwar district. Shastri Nagar, Beopar Nagar Centre and State Governments Jammu district were reported from am to 10 am during the lockdown. As many as 626 persons Kashmir, 2439 test +ve rural areas while in other districts Narwal, Qasim Nagar, Sarwal, The district administration recovered from the virus including may consider imposing a "lock- Ganderbal, 167 Kulgam and 55 150,231 which is 80.24 percent of maximum deaths were recorded in Gho Manhasan, Kachi Chawni, Rajouri today declared Ward No. 3 363 in Jammu district, 77 Reasi, Fayaz Bukhari down to curb the virus in the sec- from Shopian. the total cases. semi-urban and rural belt. Circular Road, Trikuta Nagar, in Kalakote, Ward Nos. 1 to 6 in 59 Kathua, 51 Kishtwar, 49 ond wave in the interest of public As per officials figures, 46,784 And amid ongoing Corona Former Union Home Akhnoor, Prem Nagar, Bantalab Koteranka and Doordarshan Udhampur, 12 Rajouri, 10 Poonch SRINAGAR, May 3: welfare". positive cases including 560 deaths Curfew, the roads in Srinagar Secretary and his wife, putting up and Talab Tillo. Colony in Nowshera as micro- and five in Doda district. Kashmir today reported 15 However, the apex court put a deaths due to COVID-19 infec- and 36,081 recoveries are from and adjacent areas witnessed at Gandhi Nagar, tested positive Four deaths in Rajouri district Containment Zones. (Contd on page 11 Col 7) caveat before them saying if they tion taking the death toll in Srinagar, 13,768 including 201 brisk vehicular movement cou- decide to go for lockdown then Jammu and Kashmir past 2400 deaths and 10,884 recoveries are pled with traffic snarls at various arrangements must be made ‘Speed up vaccination, testing, tracing’ while 2,439 positive cases were from Baramulla, 11,315 including vital junctions. beforehand to cater to the needs of reported from the Valley. 9,378 recoveries and 134 deaths are There was brisk movement of the poor people. Out of the 15 deaths one died in from Budgam, 7,628 including private vehicles in several areas of (Contd on page 11 Col 5) Make docs available through Online Chest Diseases Hospital, six in 6,159 recoveries and 103 deaths are Srinagar and other adjacent districts SKIMS Soura, five in SMHS *Watch video on today especially Hyderpora, DRDO COVID Srinagar, one in CHC Kupwara, www.excelsiornews.com Sonwar, Jahangir Chowk and mode for patients: LG to Admn one in DH Kulgam and one in SDH Dalgate. Hospital to be Sopore. from Pulwama, 7,375 including Police and paramilitary troops ready by May 24 Excelsior Correspondent Commissioners and along with constitution of local contacts tracing across the Union Those who died include a 77- 104 deaths and 6,145 recoveries are were deployed although in large Superintendents of Police from monitoring teams. Territory. year-old woman from Kelam from Kupwara, 7,652 including number to enforce the lockdown Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, May 3: In order to across the UT, through virtual While reviewing the district- He asked the DCs and SPs to Kulgam died at district hospital 5,744 recoveries and 111 deaths are restrictions. The barricades and strengthen COVID control mode to review the COVID sce- wise status of COVID control maintain effective synergy for Kulgam, a 58-year-old woman from Anantnag, 5,687 cases includ- concertina wires were erected at JAMMU, May 3: To improve efforts across the Union nario in J&K. measures, the Lt Governor direct- strict enforcement of restrictions from Hamdaniya Colony Bemina ing 5,042’and 64 deaths are from many places to thwart the public the facilities for COVID patients Territory, Lieutenant Governor, in Srinagar, a 55-year-old man from Bandipora, 5,655 including 4,992 movement. in the J&K UT where the number Manoj Sinha today directed for Sanat Nagar Srinagar, an 80-year- recoveries and 52 deaths are from Meanwhile, all the shops and of people affected by the dreaded Financial incentives for docs, constituting COVID old man from Rawalpora Srinagar, Ganderbal, 4,932 including 3,199 business establishments barring virus is increasing day by day, Management teams consisting a 55-year-old man from Safakadal recoveries and 69 deaths are from emergency services, standalone Defense Research and para-medical staff; tenure extended of DC, SP, CMO, other senior Srinagar, a 72-year-old woman Kulgam and 3,224 including 2,712 shops remained closed throughout Development Organisation officers including Principal of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today approved special finan- from Hazratbal Srinagar, a 35-year- recoveries and 42 deaths are from the day in Srinagar and other dis- (DRDO) is setting up 500 bedded the concerned Government cial incentives for COVID-19 warriors of Health and Medical old from Moomin Abad Batmaloo Shopian. tricts. hospital with all facilities for Medical College at district level, Education Department of J&K. Srinagar, a 78-year-old man from The number of cases in Jammu and Kashmir police COVID patients in Jammu. Frontline workers of Health & Medical Education Department, Safapora Ganderbal, a 55-year-old Kashmir division has reached said that 629 violators were fined In this regard, a high level *Watch video on J&K are rendering valuable services in the challenging COVID pan- from Karanagar Srinagar, a 25- 114,020 including 90,336 recover- while 46 FIRs registered and 81 team of DRDO officials visited www.excelsiornews.com demic times for saving precious lives of the patients, he observed. year-old man from Natipora ies and 1,440 deaths. persons were arrested today across here, today and they identified the wherever available, besides local Although, the services rendered by these COVID warriors cannot Srinagar and a 65-year-old from The number of active cases in Kashmir. land near Amarnath Yatri Niwas, monitoring teams at Block level, be compensated, still the UT Government has decided to incentivize Old Town Baramulla.