MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has enforced health emergency for three weeks in the wake of coronavirus (COVID19) spread under which special measures would be adopted including scanning the people at all entry points to Azad Kashmir.

According to a notification issued by health department here Sunday, the AJK President has approved temporary rules and regulations to be enforced immediately subject to the extension after three weeks under sub section 1 and 2 of section 2 of pandemic diseases control Act 1891 to overcome the possible spread of novel corona virus (COVID19) in the region.

Under the rules, all individuals entering to AJK would have to furnish their one month travel history at entry point and if any health official suspects any person of infected with corona virus, the official immediately will inform the deputy commissioner of the district. All the people having travel history of the countries effected with corona virus would be kept in quarantine for two weeks before allowing them to go home while the people having positive diagnosis of the virus will be treated at isolation wards in the hospitals.

The government has been empowered to ban unnecessary crowds at the public places, assembly of people anywhere besides all the educational institutions will remain closed till April 5 while religious gatherings except five time prayer and Friday prayers would remain suspended for three weeks.—APP