Bengaluru: A massive COVID-Care Centre with over 10,100 beds is set to be opened at the Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) in Bengaluru. It is set to be the largest COVID-Care Centre and will house COVID-19 patients who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. Civic officials said the 10,100-bedded facility will be the country’s largest….
Virus-linked death: Kodagu DC to follow protocol
July 6, 2020Meets religious leaders; lists Standard Operating Procedures for dignified last rites of COVID-19 victims Madikeri: Following viral visuals of COVID-19 victims being denied dignity in death in some parts of the State, Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Annies Kanmani Joy has sought co-operation from various religious heads to conduct the last rites in a dignified manner and…
Law for mandatory home isolation of people aged above 60
July 6, 2020Bengaluru: Rising number of COVID cases in Bengaluru has forced Karnataka Government to come up with a law to make home isolation of people aged above 60 years mandatory. Priority is now for people with symptoms. And people aged above 60 years and are asymptomatic will have to be quarantined, Medical Education Minister Dr. K….
Mysuru COVID-19 cases inch towards 500 mark; 59 cases today
July 6, 2020252 discharged since March; 238 active cases now District Administration takes over new ESI Hospital as additional treatment facility Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru is likely to witness a quantum leap in the number of COVID-19 positive cases with 59 persons contracting the virus today. Sources in the Health Department say that for the first time, Mysuru is…
Mysuru reports fifth COVID death; Kodagu records first
July 6, 2020Till July 5, 8 pm: 179 active cases; 252 discharged in Mysuru Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru reported one COVID-19 death in the last 24 hours taking the total deaths to five. The victim was suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI). The victim is a 46-year-old and a resident of Agrahara. He was being treated at SARI…
35-hour COVID curfew in Mysuru
July 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru was brought under a 35-hour curfew from 6 pm on Saturday to 5 am on Monday in an attempt to curb the spread of Coronavirus. The response to the Government’s order was overwhelming in Mysuru where the entire city was shut. Only the essential services functioned. City Police had issued a strict warning…
K.R. Hospital likely to suspend afternoon OPD services
July 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The services of the Out Patient Department (OPD) at the K.R. Hospital are likely to be suspended in afternoons as a precautionary measure following increase in number of COVID-19 positive cases in Mysuru and the fear of the deadly virus spreading fast. The OPD functions from 9 am to 1 pm and again from…
‘Make appropriate arrangements to treat COVID-19 patients’
July 5, 2020DC Abhiram G. Sankar directs Health Officials Mysore/Mysuru: With COVID-19 positive cases rising by the day in the district, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar on Saturday directed the Health Department officials to be prepared with appropriate medical arrangements for treating the infected. Addressing a meeting of Health Department officials at the ZP Office here yesterday,…
19 new Containment Zones in Mysuru
July 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of fresh Coronavirus (COVID-19) positive cases being reported in Mysuru district, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar has declared 19 new containment zones. Here is the list: Jakkahalli, H.D. Kote Saragur town, H.D. Kote KEB Quarters, Udayagiri Sreenivasa Nilaya, Water Tank Road, Hootagalli 4th Cross, 2nd Stage, Udayagiri 11th Cross, North…
COVID-19 pandemic in Mysuru: Police personnel, pregnant woman among 38 persons test positive
July 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Four Police personnel, an undertrial and a pregnant woman are among 38 persons, who tested positive for COVID-19 in Mysuru yesterday with a majority of them being Bengaluru returnees. With this, the total number of positive cases has gone up to 411. A total of 240 persons including 21 on Saturday have been discharged…
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