J&K Educational Institutions Shut Till Mid-May Amid Spike In Covid Cases

The administration also put restrictions on social gathering and asked market associations to voluntarily try to stagger opening timings of shops to prevent crowding, according to an official order.

In a series of measures aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 infection, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday ordered closure of all educational institutions, including colleges and universities, till May 15. The administration also put restrictions on social gathering and asked market associations to voluntarily try to stagger opening timings of shops to prevent crowding, according to an official order. The latest directive came at a time when Jammu and Kashmir recorded 1,526 new coronavirus cases, the biggest single-day spike this year, taking the total number of infected people to 1,46,692. The coronavirus death count in the union territory went up to 2,057 with six more deaths in the past 24 hours.