Several other areas in India have introduced curbs on public assembly as coronavirus cases in the country rose to 166
Current Affairs : India blocked streets in Kashmir on Thursday after the revolt torn locale announced its first instance of coronavirus, as a few different pieces of the nation forced limitations on open get-togethers in endeavors to forestall its spread.
Thickly populated South Asia has been delayed to be hit by coronavirus contrasted with somewhere else on the planet. Be that as it may, new cases in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka are for the most part quickening, with the aggregate over the area besting 500. Five individuals have passed on of the sickness in the district.
Specialists stress that these nations could be particularly in danger should the infection start to spread locally, because of unexpected frailty offices and framework.
In Kashmir, many individuals disclosed to Reuters they had been kept from leaving their neighborhoods on Thursday since streets were obstructed by police and paramilitary units. Srinagar’s senior director of police Haseeb Mughal revealed to Reuters that street barricades over the valley had been forced to forestall the spread of the infection.
“I needed to go to take my mom to emergency clinic in Srinagar however the police has shut down the street,” said Mohammed Ayub, from the close by town of Budgam.
“I am hanging tight here throughout the previous two hours. I can’t return home now as the street is hindered because of a road turned parking lot.”
Aditi Mehta 