 Days after, a 67-year-old woman from Kanyaar area of old city Srinagar, who returned on March 16 from a pilgrimage from Saudi Arabia tested positive for COVID-19, authorities placed restrictions on the movement of people as preventive measures to control the spread of the coronavirus. Most markets across the valley remained shut, public transport was off-roads and train services were suspended. The administration has already suspended functioning of all educational institutes and public places such as gymnasiums, parks, clubs and restaurants and banned any mass gatherings. Government of Union Territory of Jhumia and Kashmir has advised procurement of essential items and enhancement of the infrastructure for coping off with this epidemic on war-footing basis and given the financial concurrence for the same and we have issued formal orders for procurement of all these equipment, materials and the supplies. So far we have tested 41 samples, 40 of them have been negative, there has not been any positive case reported from the valley till date, there is no need to panic, there is no need to be scared about. We must follow the guidelines and the advisories that are issued from time to time through press, through media, through social websites, through interactions. Let's be safe, let's be wise and let's ensure that we help others to live as we live. Now, the people who were traveling with him from Saudi Arabia, they also volunteered to keep us in quarantine, which the administration has established around 14 centers, buildings and hotels, which we have been keeping on the guidance of the divisional commissioner The measures were followed after two prominent organizations, all Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association and Jammate Ahle Hadis decided to put on hold the Mandatory Friday prayers across Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the pandemic. Experts in the region however claim the healthcare system in the region is absolutely ill-equipped to fight an outbreak like coronavirus, which has almost crumbled strong healthcare systems in the majority of countries affected by this pandemic.