Srinagar, April 15 -- JAMMU and Kashmir has witnessed an unprecedented spike in Covid-19 cases since the past two weeks. Yesterday, the Union territory recorded a total of 1086 cases and 5 Covid-19 related deaths. Of all the districts in the region, Srinagar has had the highest number of cases and is also the district that hosts tourists as they arrive.

The rising covid-19 cases has a contender in numbers- the rising number of tourists that have arrived in Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370. Kashmir has hosted about 1 Lakh tourists since December alone. What has given a tough time to covid-19 in making the news is the "news-worthy" arrival of popular faces from the Indian entertainment industry. Additionally, tulips are being to...