Sofi distributes free ration among Needy amid coronavirus scare

Srinagar,28 March(H.S): In a bid to control to spread of the deadly Coronavirus, Sofi Yosusf, senior Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from Jammu and Kashmir distributed free ration and other eatables among the needy during the India-wide lockdown.

Sofi urged residents to stay indoors to help stop the virus and asked that people marked as possible COVID-19 patients, pending tests, not be stigmatised by their neighbours.

“The Jammu and Kashmir are marking all homes with persons advised to home quarantine. I appeal to all not to stigmatise such families. Please be empathetic and supportive of them. The marking is aimed only at cautioning others for their own safety,” he said.

Besides Sofi made a fervent appeal to the people of the state to confine themselves to homes.

He said that since the virus spreads through physical contact, social distancing is an effective measure to contain its spread by avoiding contact during the incubation period of the virus.