Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah has requested all well-wishers, workers, party functionaries to refrain from visiting his residence, which has been seeing huge public gatherings following his release.
He said the measure is for time being in order to help avoid transmission of the fatal virus. He said that he in all earnest does not want people to suffer following a positive case of COVID-19 in Srinagar.
He has prayed for the wellbeing of people and urged them to follow the concerned health and sanitation advisories of the government.
Meanwhile, the party on Thursday suspended all party gatherings/meetings in a bid to help stop the transmission of Coronavirus in J&K following the surfacing of a positive case in Srinagar.
In a statement issued from party headquarters, party spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar has asked people to follow the concerned health advisories of administration in this regard. He has requested its functionaries, workers not to hold any outreach activity for the time being.
He maintained that party’s central office Nawa e Subah would be only open for urgent work.
He said the measure has been taken in view of the crisis-like situation in face of the COVID-19 positive case.
Party has urged the public to abide by the directives from the government in this regard. He has also impressed upon the people to refrain from rumour-mongering, remission of unverified information on social media.
