Special Correspondent @scroll_in | Jammu and Kashmir
Previously: @IndianExpress, @ScoopWhoop, @KashmirLife
Mar 30, 2020 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
A THREAD ON LACK OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION DURING COVID-19 CRISIS IN KASHMIR
Apart from the tweets of J&K government spokesperson Rohit Kansal and the media bulletin issued by the Department of Information & Public Relations, there’s no source of information for journalists.
The issue with this one-sided communication is that there are no means for journalists to ask questions, clarify confusions, seek additional details about the situation from the government.
Mar 28, 2020 • 18 tweets • 3 min read
SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN KASHMIR
So far, J&K UT administration has confirmed 27 COVID-19 positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir. Out of these, 21 are from Kashmir valley alone while six are from Jammu. One of these patients from Kashmir valley has recovered.
Unfortunately, a 65-year-old patient couldn’t make it – the person from Hyderpora, Srinagar. In at least 12 cases (10 in Kashmir, 2 in Jammu) the direct/indirect contact is the now deceased patient, who breathed his last on March 26 at Srinagar’s Chest Disease Hospital.
