Lahore, 15th April: COVID-19, popularly known as a coronavirus, emerged from Wuhan, China in Dec 2019 and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11th March 2020. As of 15th April 2020, more than 1.99 million cases of COVID-19 have been reported in 210 countries, resulting in more than 127,000 deaths. More than 500,000 people have recovered, although there may be a possibility of relapse or reinfection. Authorities worldwide have responded by implementing travel restrictions, quarantines, curfews and stay-at-home orders, workplace hazard controls, and facility closures. The pandemic has led to severe socio-economic disruption including postponing or cancellation of many sports, religious and cultural events worldwide. The countries that are hardest hit by the virus after China include, the US, the UK, Italy, France, Spain, and Iran. India and Pakistan are also showing an increase in the number of coronavirus cases. Lockdown eased, industries and businesses partially restored It is the people of Indian Occupied Kashmir that have to face the worst conditions amid the pandemic. According to the doctors there, Kashmir, which is under a curfew since August is ill-equipped to face the pandemic. A strict curfew on Occupied Kashmir began in August 2019 by the … Continue reading COVID-19: Are Kashmiris not Humans?