Coronavirus: 13 people arrested for violating prohibitory orders in Bandipora

Srinagar: Thirteen people have been arrested in Jammu and Kashmir”s Bandipora district for violating prohibitory orders even as restrictions on the movement and assembly of people to contain the spread of coronavirus continued on the 12th consecutive day on Monday, officials said.

They said the curbs across the valley have been tightened to minimize the movement of people in order to contain the spread of the virus.

The tighter restrictions came in the wake of the death of the second COVID-19 patient early on Sunday. He was among the 13 who tested positive on Saturday, which was the highest in a single day.

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the country-wide lockdown on Tuesday evening last week, the union territory administration here had imposed lockdown in parts of Kashmir on March 19, which was later extended to the entire UT on March 22 as part of its efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus.