10-year-old boy among 3 more test positive, J&K Covid-19 tally crosses 50-mark

Srinagar,31 March(HS): The number of Covid-19 patients in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday crossed 50-mark as three more persons have been confirmed to have contracted the dreaded disease, all of them from Kashmir and include a ten-year-old boy, who had hugged a man who later tested positive for coronavirus.

Official sources told that a boy, a resident of Eidgah Srinagar, tested positive for the pathogen and he had no history of travel. “He had hugged a man who later tested positive for the coronavirus,” a senior doctor at SKIMS said. He also confirmed that the boy’s test came out to be positive early morning.

Dr G H Yatoo, Nodal officer for coronavirus control at SKIMS confirmed and said that the boy reported to SKIMS yesterday and accordingly his sample was taken and came out to be positive today.

With these three more persons testing positive for the globally raging disease, the number of Covid-19 patients in Jammu and Kashmir has gone up to 52.

Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar said the sealing of the areas is important and indispensable. “With some more cases coming positive these areas will be restricted till all precautions and measures are in places,” he added.