The Department of Bioresources, University of Kashmir held an awareness programme on Coronavirus on Sunday.
The programme was attended by scientists, health workers andresearch scholars from various departments of the University and othersinstitutions like Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar and SKUAST Kashmir.
During the program, a detailed hands-on training on hygieneand control measures was provided to the participants.
Safety precautions like availability of face masks, handsanitizers and disinfection of the venue was adopted at the meeting.
Head, Department of Community Medicine, GMC, Srinagar ProfShahzada Muhammad Saleem Khan talked about epidemiology of the Coronaviruspandemic while as Dr Inamul Haq gave detailed information, local hospitalpreparedness and hands-on training as how to prevent transmission ofCoronavirus.
Virology Expert and DBT Welcome Trust Fellow from SKUAST,Kashmir, Dr Nadeem Shabir deliberated upon the immunobiology of SARS CoV-2virus.Earlier, the programme started with the welcomeaddress and introduction to Coronavirus by Coordinator of BioresourcesDepartment, Dr Manzoor Ahmad Mir, followed by introduction about AmericanSociety for Microbiology by its young ambassador to India, Dr Peer Abdul HaseebShah. He concluded the session with vote of thanks to all the participants.