Mysore/Mysuru: As Mysuru fights the spread of the COVID-19 virus, it is increasingly clear that the worst is not over yet. Once again, the prolonged period of crisis will shine the light on our capacity to resist the spread of the killer epidemic. Apart from the elite administrative and law enforcement bureaucracy of IAS and IPS, Mysuru is uniquely…
Ward Survey: MCC Commissioner sensitises volunteers on COVID duty
April 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The volunteers appointed by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to conduct survey of all 65 Wards in city were provided training at Jayamma Govindegowda Kalyana Mantap in Kuvempunagar this morning. With no weddings or other mass gatherings due to lockdown, the Kalyana Mantap has turned into Grocery Kit Collection Centre, where the donors deposit…
12 more COVID19 positives in Mysuru; Mandya three more cases
April 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru has 12 more positive cases of COVID-19. With this, the total number of positive cases in Mysuru has gone up to 73 while there are 61 active cases. Of the 12 cases reported today, 11 have been reported from the employees and contacts of Nanjangud-based Jubilant Generics. One person is the contact of…
Movement of vehicles, people restricted from tomorrow
April 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: From tomorrow, Apr. 17, vehicular and people movement in Mysuru has been restricted across the city following the strict enforcement of complete lockdown. As Mysuru is declared a COVID-19 hotspot by the Centre, the City Police have decided to ensure a proper lockdown with a series of measures. Addressing reporters at his office this…
Mysuru COVID-19 Hospital linked to other Coronavirus hospitals in State
April 16, 2020Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government has opened a critical care support unit to monitor the progress of Coronavirus patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) of various designated Coronavirus hospitals across the State including the designated COVID-19 Hospital on KRS Road in Mysuru (District Hospital). Karnataka is the first State in the country to establish a dedicated…
Container did not spread Coronavirus at Jubilant Generics: ADGP
April 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Parashivamurthy has said that they have received information that the container which came from China to Nanjangud-based Jubilant Generics (where maximum positive cases have been reported) did not carry Coronavirus. He was addressing the media at the Office of the Superintendent of Police in Nazarbad here yesterday (Apr….
Lone SARI case in Mysuru a cause of worry
April 16, 2020Patient does not have foreign travel history; nor has come in contact with positive patients Mysore/Mysuru: The emergence of one new Coronavirus positive case yesterday who was diagnosed with the disease after coming down with Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) has worried the District Administration and the State Government that is witnessing a couple of…
Three more positive cases in Mysuru; total positive cases 61
April 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Three more tested positive for the deadly virus in Mysuru this morning and all the three have roots in Nanjangud-based Jubilant Generics. P-303, a 52-year-old male and an employee of the pharma company, P-311, a 38-year-old male, also a Jubilant employee and P-312 a 26-year-old female, contact of P77 (wife) from the pharmaceutical firm…
Mysuru among coronavirus hotspots in Karnataka
April 15, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the coronavirus lockdown until May 3. Modi also said that India will also keep a keen eye on hotspots, possible hotspots and prevent the creation of new hotspots. For the next one week, the government will enforce stricter measures to contain the virus within them. Only those districts which…
Hunger hero feeds poor and hungry in Mysuru amid lockdown
April 15, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Times of crisis, it is said, brings out the best in us. As we go through the world’s biggest lock down, every day people are turning into real life heroes. Heroes who are ensuring that thousands of poor, migrant labourers get food. In Mysuru, H.V. Rajeev, a BJP leader, along with Mysuru City Corporation,…
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