Srinagar, March 27 : Two children, an eight-month-old and another seven-year-old who have tested positive for coronavirus are stable at JLNM Hospital Rainawari, doctors told.
Both are siblings and grandchildren of a 65-year-old man, having a travel history to Saudi Arabia, who tested positive for COVID-19.
“Both the kids are stable. They did not show any symptoms but only their tests were positive,” a senior official of the hospital administration told Kashmir Indepth News Service. “As both were kids so their mother who is negative is also quarantined here. She is given full protective gear and shifted to isolation ward,” the official said.
The official said one consultant, physician, one staff nurse; one sweeper is posted at isolation ward.
Meanwhile, four more persons were tested positive for deadly coronavirus on Friday, taking the toll of active positive cases to 16, officials said.
Government spokesman, Rohit Kansal in his tweet informed that four more persons have been tested positive in the Valley, adding two among them have travel history of abroad while two more have travel history of outside Jammu and Kashmir as part of religious congregation.
“#COVID19 #JammuAndKashmir 4 more positive cases in Kashmir; all from Srinagar district – 2 have travel history abroad; the other 2 have travel history outside J&K as part of religious congregation,” Kansal tweeted.
Notably, first death of Coronavirus pandemic was reported in the valley on Thursday while one positive case has recovered. The total number of positive cases across Jammu and Kashmir has mounted to 16.(KINS)
