By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru is going micro to muscle out COVID-19, which has swamped the city overwhelmingly during the second wave. Taking a cue from Mumbai and Bengaluru models, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) that has already begun house-to-house survey and health check-ups, has now launched two innovative strategies to tackle the virus…
UK doctors through phone help homeland fight COVID scourge
May 21, 2021By M.B. Pavan Murthy Call Telecare facility for consultation on 0821-2420112 / 0821-2420113 Mysore/Mysuru: As Mysuru is ravaged by a crippling COVID-19 wave, members of the Indian diaspora are struggling to find ways to help. One group among them is especially distressed: Doctors. They have reached out to their native land to help patients through…
Mysuru still in Red Zone
May 21, 2021Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan suggests to ramp up testing Government willing to supply medicines in bulk Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru District is still in ‘Red Zone’ due to unchecked cases of Corona positive cases and mortality rate and it is the responsibility of everyone to check this pandemic at any cost, said Deputy Chief Minister and COVID-19 Ministerial Task…
15 villages in Mysuru Taluk sealed down
May 21, 2021Micro-Containment Zones opened in 10 villages Outsiders, fairs and festivals are super-spreaders Mysore/Mysuru: With the COVID-19 curve in Mysuru showing no signs of flattening, the authorities have decided to tighten restrictions in a few villages, where the number of infections reported have been rather high. Ignorant of COVID-appropriate behaviour and safety protocols, villages are bearing…
Organisations, individuals continue to help the distressed during pandemic
May 20, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Organisations, associations and indi-viduals are continuing to help the poor patients and the needy by donating food, medicines, medical kits, medical equipment to be used and distributed among the needy and also starting various initiatives to help the distressed in COVID times. On Tuesday, MLA S.A. Ramdas along with Corporator Dr. Roopa launched a…
Alarming: Mysuru War Room data shows positivity rate spiking up to 55 percent
May 19, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The District Health Department is worried over high COVID-positivity rate (Test Positivity Rate) breaching 40 percent over the last 8-10 days in Mysuru District despite imposition of total lockdown. There has been increase in the cases in Mysuru and Nanjangud Taluks. Since the last two days, the positivity rate touched 55 percent, worsening the…
‘COVID Heroes’ in their own right: Students develop portal for information at fingertips
May 19, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: As Mysuru battles with the second wave of the Novel Coronavirus, there are many who need information about the virus, way to combat it, the steps taken by the District and State to mitigate the impact of the contagion, real-time updates about the number of cases in Mysuru, recovered patients and also deaths. While…
Mysuru’s oxygen quota hiked from 41 KL to 47 KL: MP
May 18, 2021DC Rohini Sindhuri interacts with CM through video-conference, seeks more oxygen supplies Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru will henceforth receive more oxygen and this has been confirmed by Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha in a media statement. He said that at present, 41 Kilo Litre oxygen was being supplied to Mysuru and henceforth, the district would receive 47 Kilo…
Ill-equipped Private Hospitals responsible for spike in deaths of Corona patients: MLA
May 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Holding a few ill-equipped Private Hospitals responsible for spike in deaths of Corona positive patients, Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra has urged the District Administration to shut those Hospitals or prevent them from admitting patients. He was speaking at Chamaraja Assembly Constituency Covid Task Force Committee meeting held here yesterday. “I have noticed that deaths…
COVID: Daily infections see a drop, along with testing numbers
May 17, 2021From 7,500, testing cut to 3,500; people continue to queue-up RT-PCR testing centres Mysore/Mysuru: While Mysuru’s daily COVID-19 data bulletin over the past couple of days shows that the number of fresh cases has been falling, experts say that the number of fresh cases are falling because there has been a drastic fall in the…
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