Mysore/Mysuru: Varuna MLA Dr. Yathindra Siddharamaiah has asked Taluk Administration to seal down those villages which are reporting high number of Corona positive cases in Mysuru Taluk. He was speaking after distributing medicine kits donated by Rakesh Papanna, a youth Congress leader, at Mini Vidhana Soudha here yesterday. Dr. Yathindra said the number of Corona…
Rural Mysuru too facing COVID-19 community spread, says DC
May 16, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Confirming that rural parts of the district too are facing COVID-19 community spread, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rohini Sindhuri observed that taking the right medicines for first five days will help in recovery. Addressing live on Facebook yesterday, Sindhuri said that the district currently has 18,000 active cases and fifty percent of them are reported…
Be prepared to increase oxygenated beds, ICUs and ventilators: District Minister
May 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Co-operation and District In-charge Minister S.T. Somashekar has asked officers to make preparations to increase the number of oxygenated beds, ventilators and ICUs in the district. Presiding over COVID-19 District Task Force Committee meeting at Zilla Panchayat auditorium here yesterday, he said plenty of general beds are available but there was lot of demand…
Popularise Covid Mitra in rural areas: DC
May 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri has called upon officers to take the help of ASHA and Anganwadi workers to popularise the concept of Covid Mitra in rural areas by visiting every houses in the District. Reviewing the Covid situation in the District at Zilla Panchayat auditorium here yesterday, she said they must examine whether those…
Mass cremations: A first in Mysuru
May 15, 2021Heart-breaking scenes at Jodi Thenginamara Road cremation site Mysore/Mysuru: While people losing loved ones to COVID-19 turning to makeshift facilities that are undertaking mass burials and cremations as crematoriums come under pressure is a common scene in cities like Bengaluru and Delhi, Mysuru witnessed its first mass cremation yesterday at the burial ground at Jodi…
Pandemic Politics
May 15, 2021Yesterday, Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri, for the first time reacted to the clean chit given to her by the three-member probe Committee of the Karnataka High Court regarding Chamarajanagar tragedy. She said, “The Committee has cleared the name of Mysuru District Administration and several baseless and motivated statements had put a black mark on…
Mysuru reports first black fungus death
May 14, 2021Seven more mucormycosis cases detected at K.R. Hospital and some private hospitals Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru reported its first black fungus death case and the new variant has been detected in seven more COVID-infected patients. This has caused concern among medical community who are battling day and night to combat the killer virus even as India is…
Access denied: Official COVID meetings not open to media
May 14, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: While institutions, Governments, elected representatives and companies are all having to adapt to new constraints under the Coronavirus pandemic, they are often using the health crisis as an excuse to restrict journalists’ access, proving that information does not circulate well in the age of COVID-19. Journalists in Mysuru are denied entry to official meetings…
‘I have ensured that there is no shortage of Oxygen and Remdesivir in the district’
May 14, 2021A week after he was appointed by District In-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar as In-Charge of Task Force on Medical Oxygen and Remdesivir injection supplies in the District, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has maintained that there is not even a single complaint on any lapses in the distribution of these two vital medical requirements. In a…
MCC launches Covid Telecare
May 12, 2021Call 0821-2420112 or 2420113 to speak to doctors Mysore/Mysuru: Feeling depressed for being isolated at home? Do you have any queries with doctors? Feeling uncomfortable and required urgent medical help? Don’t worry. Call 0821-2420112 or 2420113. These are the telephone numbers of COVID Telecare Facility which has been set up by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC),…
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