Mysore/Mysuru: Directing the officials to intensify COVID-19 testing in the wake of rapid spread of the deadly virus in the district, DC Rohini Sindhuri said that it is also mandatory to conduct tests on all primary contacts of the infected persons. She was speaking at a meeting of COVID-19 Nodal Officers at the ZP Hall…
RT-PCR test must for Corporators
October 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation has arranged COVID-19 test for all Corporators, officials and media persons on Oct. 5 from 8 am to 12 noon in view of the Council meeting to be held on Oct. 6. According to MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde, the test will be done in MCC premises on Oct. 5 by a…
Help us Help you: Public co-operation will help us control Corona pandemic
October 2, 2020By Dr. Shalini Rajneesh, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka Corona cases have seen an increasing trend creating a sense of fear and despair among all. The only way to control this pandemic is to create widespread awareness and ensure early testing and preventive measures with active co-operation of civil society and grassroot-level local bodies….
Medical experts urge Govt. not to relax rules for Mysuru Dasara
October 1, 2020By Shyam Sundar Vattam Mysore/Mysuru: Health experts, Task Force members and senior officials have advised the State Government not to relax any rules for the upcoming Dasara festival keeping in view the spike in COVID-19 cases. “There is every possibility of Mysuru city and district going Kerala way where the Coronavirus cases exploded due to…
Centre allows re-opening of cinemas, multiplexes from Oct. 15
October 1, 2020New Delhi: After nearly seven months of lockdown owing to COVID-19, the Union Home Ministry has allowed re-opening of cinemas, theatres and multiplexes outside the Containment Zones with up to 50 per cent of their seating capacity from Oct. 15. In a letter to Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories, Ajay Bhalla, Home…
No mask? Keep Rs.1,000 to pay fine
October 1, 2020Bengaluru: In a bid to discipline citizens in the wake of record number of COVID-19 cases, the State Government has decided to hike the fine amount for not wearing face mask to Rs. 1,000 in urban areas and Rs.500 in rural areas. Making this announcement after chairing a high-level meeting with officers here yesterday, Medical…
Students, don’t visit Schools, Colleges till Oct. 15
October 1, 2020Bengaluru: With no signs of COVID-19 coming under check, the Department of Public Instruction has directed High School and PU students not to visit their respective Government, aided/unaided and private Schools and Colleges till Oct. 15. In a press release here, Commissioner of Department of Public Instruction has said the Union Home Ministry in its…
Furnish details or face action; private hospitals warned
October 1, 2020Bengaluru: Dr. Om Prakash Patil, Director, Health and Family Welfare Services, has directed all the private healthcare establishments to update all COVID-19 related details in facility App, failing which punitive action against the defaulting institutions. In a press release here, he has said this order has been issued under the various clauses and sections of…
Pay Rs. 50 for Platform ticket at City Railway Station
September 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In view of the entire country going into an overdrive following the spread of COVID-19 contagion, the platform ticket charge at Mysuru City Railway Station has been increased to Rs.50 from Rs. 10 with immediate effect and will remain the same till Dec.31, 2020. The increase in rate of platform ticket aims to…
DC asks Health Dept. to reduce COVID-19 deaths
September 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The new Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru Rohini Sindhuri reviewed COVID-19 situation in the district and also preparations for Dasara-2020 which will begin from Oct. 17. Soon after assuming charge, she chaired a meeting here yesterday. The DC was informed that 70 static teams and 30 mobile teams were functioning in the district to conduct…
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