Mysore/Mysuru: As fresh COVID-19 positive cases are being reported from across the District almost every other day in the past couple of weeks, Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar has warned private hospitals of action if they fail to submit details of SARI (Severe Acute Respiratory Illness), ILI (Influenza Like Illness) and COVID-19 symptomatic patients,…
Stricter Night Curfew: City Top Cop
June 30, 2020Total lockdown on all Sundays from July 5 to Aug. 2 Mysore/Mysuru: As a tough measure to contain the spread of the deadly COVID, the Mysuru City Police have enforced a stricter night curfew from 8 pm to 5 am across the city on all days with immediate effect. In a press release, City Police…
Mysuru reports third COVID-19 death
June 30, 2020Nine more positive cases today Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru District reported its third COVID-19 death as a 36-year-old man died of the deadly pandemic at the designated COVID-19 Hospital on KRS Road in city this morning. The deceased, a staffer at the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department in Bengaluru, had returned to his native village Kanchinakere…
Rising COVID-19 cases: Health Department launches door-to-door campaign
June 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With COVID-19 positive cases rising by the day in Mysuru district, the Health Department has launched a door-to-door awareness campaign-cum-survey across the district. About 900 teams comprising more than 2,000 ASHA workers and other health staff are visiting households to check the residents for Coronavirus symptoms such as cough, cold and fever and also…
Total lockdown on Sundays: Zoo to remain open on Tuesdays instead of Sundays
June 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In view of increasing number of Corona positive cases, the Government has decided to implement complete lockdown on coming four Sundays (July 5, 12, 19 and 26). Hence, the Mysuru Zoo will also be closed on Sundays. However, the Zoo, which used to remain closed on Tuesdays (weekly holiday) for maintenance, will be open…
State COVID-19 Expert Panel warns of rapid spurt of the pandemic in July-August
June 30, 2020Karnataka Government to take action as per recommendations of the report Likely to issue fresh lockdown guidelines on July 7 after the conclusion of SSLC exams Educational Institutions in State not to re-open till September Lockdown situation likely to prevail for six more months Bengaluru: An Expert Committee of Karnataka has warned the State Government…
Job Loss Vs Entrepreneurial Spirit: Unemployed youths take to street vending
June 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Four out of 10 youths who received vocational training in various technical and non-technical institutes are out of labour force and a significant chunk of those in the workforce have remained unemployed. The COVID pandemic had a devastating and disproportionate impact on youth employment with more than four in 10 young people forced to…
No private hospital in Karnataka can deny COVID-19 treatment
June 30, 2020Bengaluru: No private hospital or medical establishment in Karnataka can turn away or deny treatment to COVID-19 patients. “Private medical establishments in the State shall not deny, refuse or avoid treatment to patients with COVID and COVID-like symptoms,” ordered Chief Secretary T.M. Vijay Bhaskar. Bhaskar highlighted that the Government took note of some private medical…
Central and State Governments have worked effectively for containing Coronavirus: Raghu Kautilya
June 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that both the Central and State Governments have been working effectively for tackling the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, State BJP Co-Spokesperson Raghu Kautilya said that the party should take the digital route to organise the party in these trying times of COVID-19 lockdown. He was addressing the digital rally organised by the party’s Chamundeshwarinagar…
DCP orders Cops to compulsorily wear face masks, hand gloves while on duty
June 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the COVID-19 cases are rising by the day in the District, DCP (Law & Order) Dr. A. N. Prakash Gowda has ordered all Police personnel to mandatorily wear face masks and hand gloves and to use hand sanitisers while at work. The Police personnel were also asked not to touch any vehicles,…
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