Amid rise in Covid cases in various parts of country including a slight increase in the UT of JK, Director SKIMS Prof. Parvaiz A. Koul has asked people not to panic and said following Covid appropriate behavior is critical to contain further spread of the infection.
In a statement issued on Monday, Prof Koul said that the situation is “not worrisome as the positivity rate so far is not that high and hence there is no need to panic but lowering guard and paying no heed to Covid guidelines can degenerate the situation”.
He advised people to exercise caution in the face of recent reports of increased number of COVID cases from various parts of the country. “The rising numbers call for adoption of measures like use of masks and frequent hand washing in exercise of abundant caution for prevention of the spread of respiratory viruses in general and SARS CoV2 in particular”, he added. He further said modelling studies from credible institutes like the IHME, University of Washington do not predict any fresh COVID wave in the immediate future for the region of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh.
He advised people to exercise caution in the face of recent reports of increased number of COVID cases from various parts of the country. “The rising numbers call for adoption of measures like use of masks and frequent hand washing in exercise of abundant caution for prevention of the spread of respiratory viruses in general and SARS CoV2 in particular”, he added. He further said modelling studies from credible institutes like the IHME, University of Washington do not predict any fresh COVID wave in the immediate future for the region of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh.