The cinema halls in Jammu will remain closed till March 31 amid coronavirus outbreak, informed Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. All primary schools in Bandipora, Baramulla, Srinagar,and Budgam districts will also remain closed till March 31.

One person has tested positive for coronavirus in the Union Territory so far. "In Jammu and Kashmir, till date, 705 number of travellers and persons in contact with suspected cases have been put under surveillance, 491 in home quarantine (including Yatri Bhawan, Jammu), nine in hospital quarantine, 53 in home surveillance, while 150 completed their 28 dayssurveillance period. 56 samples have been sent for testing, 26 of them are negative, while one tested positive and 29 reports are awaited," Jammu andKashmir administration said in a bulletin.

The total number of positive cases of coronavirus hasreached 50 in the countrty and of these, 34 are Indian nationals and 16 arecitizens of Italy, said Sanjeeva Kumar, Special Secretary (Health), on Tuesday.He also said that there has been no death in the country due to coronavirus sofar.