By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: Hundreds of Healthcare and ASHA workers go into homes around Mysuru district to provide vital services amidst Coronavirus pandemic, endangering themselves. These ASHAs, short for Accredited Social Health Activists and Healthcare workers are drawn from local and largely rural communities, and are a crucial element in primary and community health…
Two more test COVID-19 positive in Mysuru
April 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Two more persons have been tested positive in Mysuru. With this, the total Coronavirus positive cases in Mysuru have gone up to 55. In all, 86 positive cases (cumulative) have been reported in Mysuru and 31 persons have been discharged. The latest to test positive are P-416, a 26-year-old male and a secondary contact…
Stray dogs will not go hungry in Mysuru
April 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Apart from delivering essential commodities and cooked food to people at their doorstep during the lockdown, Mysureans are also feeding stray animals and monkeys. Thousands of stray cats and dogs depend on food and waste from markets, restaurants and grocery shops. But with Coronavirus sending people into isolation and public establishments shutting down, strays…
Home Guards lend shoulders to City Cops in their Virus fight
April 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With people moving around for urgent works and the Police under severe stress to maintain vigil on city roads and check-posts, the services rendered by the Home Guards, who are lending their shoulders to the Police in enforcing lockdown rules, has to be remembered and commended. These Home Guards too are among the Corona…
Ten-year-old girl celebrates birthday by distributing groceries to poor families
April 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 10-year-old girl, who celebrated her birthday with family and friends every year, this time celebrated the day by distributing groceries to 50 families affected by the lockdown. Lipika, daughter of Jagadish and Ashwini couple and a resident of Vontikoppal in city, turned 10 on Sunday and she made her day by giving some…
Locals oppose return of COVID-19 recovered patient
April 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Thanks to the intervention of Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra, a COVID-19 recovered patient who was discharged from the hospital returned to his home on Saturday after he was strongly opposed by local residents. The COVID-19 patient (P-77), an employee of Nanjangud’s Jubilant Generics and a resident of 6th cross, Janatanagar, was discharged from the…
Over 9,000 Corona Warriors up in arms against pandemic in Mysuru
April 20, 2020By S.T. Ravi Kumar Battling killer Coronavirus and preventing its spread requires a concerted effort from various Government Departments, Police agencies, volunteers and, of course, the public in large. Only if all join hands can we fight the pandemic and uproot it from the locality, district, State and country. In Mysuru, over 9,000 personnel from…
Krishnaraja MLA Ramdas’ COVID Care Team Stands Tall
April 20, 2020By Rajkumar Bhavasar The Coronavirus pandemic has brought the world to a standstill with many of them not even able to get two meals a day or the essential groceries to cook their own food. So has been the cases of many from the labour class, those with no BPL or APL cards, migrant workers…
An ode to frontline fighters
April 20, 2020‘Corona Warriors’: A short-film by city’s Suthan Dileep By M.T. Yogesh Kumar If you think sitting at home, following the guidelines of lockdown set by the Government is tiring, imagine the plight of doctors, Police personnel and others in the essential line of services, who are working tirelessly day and night, risking themselves and their…
Nanjangud COVID Mystery DEEPENS
April 19, 202010 teams of Health officials, Police scout to identify the source of virus. Mosambayanahalli village in Varuna sealed following one positive case. Mysore/Mysuru: How did the person from Nanjangud-based Jubilant Life Sciences (Jubilant Generics), now identified as Patient 52 (P52), contract the killer Coronavirus or COVID-19? If the virus has not come from the China…
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