The home test should be conducted according to an app that can be downloaded from the Google Play and Apple store New Delhi: Rapid Antigen Kits to conduct COVID test at home got a green signal on Wednesday and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) — the nodal body in the fight against the…
Bengaluru: The world’s first COVID vaccine, Sputnik-V invented by Russia will be manufactured in Karnataka, said Health and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar. Speaking to media here yesterday, he said talks were going on in this regard at the highest level. Once talks are finalised, the Sputnik-V vaccine will be manufactured in the State. On…
Mysore/Mysuru: To mark International Museum Day (IMD) on May 18, Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI), Southern Regional Centre, Manav Bhawan, Bogadi 2nd Stage, Mysuru, in collaboration with UNESCO on Inclusive Museums and Sustainable Heritage Development, had organized a lecture by Prof. Amareswar Galla, UNESCO Chair, on Inclusive Museums and Sustainable Heritage Development. The International Council of…
Direct interview on May 24 Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) will be recruiting doctors and nursing staff for COVID treatment at the new Super Speciality Hospital, Trauma Care Centre, PKTB and ED Hospitals through a direct interview to take place on May 24. The appointments will be purely on contract basis…
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has accepted new recommendations of The National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) on administering vaccine for COVID-infected people. Accordingly, COVID-19 vaccination is to be deferred by three months after recovery from the illness. If infected with COVID after 1st dose, 2nd dose to be deferred by…
Mysore/Mysuru: MCC Pourakarmika and Contract Pourakarmika Mahasangha has appealed Karnataka Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman Kote M. Shivanna to provide facilities to MCC Pourakarmikas on par with BBMP Pourakarmikas. A delegation of the Mahasangha led by its President R. Ramesh met Shivanna at the MCC office here yesterday when he had come for a meeting to discuss…
New Delhi: The Department of Science & Technology (DST) institute has developed a new multiplex RT-PCR kit with novel gene targeted to facilitate detection across various mutant strains of COVID-19. This unique RT-PCR kit will be a significant weapon in our fight against COVID-19 by a facile detection of SARS-CoV-2 mutations, said Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary,…
Mysore/Mysuru: As per the guidelines issued by the National Blood Transfusion Council, one cannot donate blood for 28 days, after getting vaccinated, which may lead to an acute shortage of blood in the next two months. While vaccination for all adults above 18 years of age has started in some States, the same has been…
Mysore/Mysuru: KR Constituency MLA S. A. Ramdas has written a letter to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and Finance and Health Department officials, thanking them for releasing funds for purchase of medicines for COVID patients in Mysuru, Mandya and Chamarajanagar districts. Ramdas said that he visited the KSMSCL (Karnataka State Medical Supplies Corporation Limited) depot and…
Madikeri: A Doctor at Kodagu District Hospital in Madikeri has been suspended for accepting bribe from a patient for treating COVID. Soon as a video showing Dr. Shivakumar, a Doctor at Kodagu District Hospital accepting bribe from a patient went viral, Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Charulatha Somal suspended him on charges of graft. An elderly man…
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