{"id":321515,"date":"2020-03-26T05:29:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T05:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=321515"},"modified":"2020-03-26T05:29:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T05:29:04","slug":"kashmir-reports-first-death-due-to-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/kashmir-reports-first-death-due-to-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Kashmir reports first death due to COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304184 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/lynch-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/lynch-.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/lynch--300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/lynch--768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/lynch--1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/lynch--696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/lynch--1068x534.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/lynch--840x420.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>Kashmir reported its first death on Thursday as a 65-year-old man from Hyderpora area of Srinagar passed away due to COVID-19 virus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cAs we share the sad news of our first Covid19 fatality, my heart goes out to the family of the deceased. We stand with you and share your grief,\u201d Mayor of Srinagar Junaid Azim Mattu tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI also salute the brave doctors at CD Hospital for their efforts. Let\u2019s do our bit and help break the chain and stay home stay safe,\u201d Junaid added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Government officer Rohit Kansal also confirmed the news in a tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cSad News : First death due to Coronavirus- 65 years old Male from Hyderpora Srinagar. Four of his contacts also tested positive yesterday,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIt&#8217;s still not too late. Help #BreakTheChain. Stay indoors. Self declare. Report travel history or any symptoms,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Jammu and Kashmir has risen to 11, Health Ministry said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kashmir reported its first death on Thursday as a 65-year-old man from Hyderpora area of Srinagar passed away due to COVID-19 virus. \u201cAs we share the sad news of our first Covid19 fatality, my heart goes out to the family of the deceased. We stand with you and share your grief,\u201d Mayor of Srinagar Junaid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":304184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2016,2009,2014],"tags":[12470,1141],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321515"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321515"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321517,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321515\/revisions\/321517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/304184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}