Srinagar's senior superintendent of police Haseeb Mughal told Reuters that road blockades had been imposed in the valley region.

"I had to go to take my mother to hospital in Srinagar but the police has closed the road," Mohammed Ayub told Reuters.

"I am waiting here for the last two hours. I can't even go home now as the road is blocked due to a traffic jam."



The Muslim-majority region of Kashmir, which was stripped of its semi-autonomy by New Delhi in August, reported its first case of the virus on Wednesday.



New Delhi locked down the region and detained thousands of politicians and activists in August, bringing in tens of thousands of troops into the already heavily militarised territory.