Mysore/Mysuru: The hospitality sector of the city which had hit rockbottom following COVID-19 induced nationwide lockdown in March, has begun to look up, with the sector slowly hitting the comeback trail. Subsequent to the phased lockdown relaxations, life in the city is slowing limping back to normalcy and so also is the hospitality sector, which…
Special Committee to study long-term effects of COVID-19: Dr. K. Sudhakar
September 21, 2020Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government has decided to constitute a Special Technical Committee to study the long-term effects of COVID-19 by monitoring the health of those who have recovered from the infection after contracting the virus. The move comes in the backdrop of an increasing number of reports of people, who were discharged after successfully battling…
Former MP launches Arogya Hasta at K.R. Constituency
September 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Former Chamarajanagar MP R. Dhruvanarayan launched ‘Arogya Hasta,’ a unique medical outreach programme at Madhuvana Layout, near Srikantha School on M.G. Road, coming under Krishnaraja (KR) Constituency this morning. The ‘Arogya Hasta’ team, which visited the houses, conducted thermal screening and also checked the pulse rate of the residents using Oximeter. If anyone is…
Mysuru to get hi-tech blood plasma extraction machine
September 20, 2020Facility to help people who are desperate for plasma from COVID-recovered patients Mysore/Mysuru: Plasma therapy for critically ill COVID-19 patients is set to get a boost in Mysuru as a new Apheresis machine to extract blood plasma will arrive in city this afternoon or evening. The consignment has already left Solapur in Maharashtra. It is…
Egg prices head north in city
September 20, 2020Doctors’ advice to eat eggs to boost immunity, supply shortage contribute to price increase Mysore/Mysuru: Doctors’ advice to eat eggs daily to boost immunity to fight COVID-19 and shortage of supply as many birds were culled in the past following bird flu scare have shot up egg prices in Mysuru. Each egg is sold at…
Ayush Dept. opens COVID Care Centre at KSOU premises
September 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following increase in Corona Positive cases in Mysuru, Department of Ayush has started Covid Care Centre (CCC) in the premises of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) in city. MLA L. Nagendra inaugurated the CCC yesterday and inspected facilities. Speaking on the occasion, he said this was the first CCC established by Ayush Department in…
Karnataka signs MoU with Gujarat companies for oxygen supply
September 20, 2020Bengaluru: In the wake of reports of shortage of oxygen, the State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat-based companies for the supply of oxygen, said Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar. Talking to reporters here yesterday, he claimed there is no shortage of oxygen. But as a precaution, the Karnataka…
City BJP felicitates photojournalists, videographers for COVID fight
September 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As part of its initiative of honouring Corona Warriors who are at the frontline in the battle against the deadly pandemic, the City BJP felicitated over 35 photojournalists and videographers at a programme organised at Vidyashankara Kalyana Mantapa near Gun House Circle here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, District Minister S.T. Somashekar, who holds…
97 People died on board Shramik Special Trains
September 20, 2020Government tells Parliament in first such admission New Delhi: The Government has informed the Rajya Sabha that 97 people died on board the Shramik Specials, admitting for the first time that migrant labourers lost their lives in the trains which were run to ferry them during the COVID-19 lockdown. In a written answer to a…
As 30 MPs test positive, Parliament may cut short Monsoon Session
September 19, 2020New Delhi: With more than 30 MPs testing positive over the last week, there is a palpable sense of concern and apprehension in Parliament over the spread of COVID. The situation has prompted stricter protocol and raised the possibility of the ongoing Monsoon Session being wound up next week. According to sources, if the Bills…
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