Mysore/Mysuru: To elicit people’s opinion about the two vaccines, Covaxin and Covishield approved by Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for emergency recently, the students and staff of Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Mysuru, have taken up a sample survey in city. “We have taken up this sample survey in Nazarbad area which…
Immunity develops in body after 45 days of taking COVID vaccine: Dr. Sudhakar
January 31, 2021Mysuru/Chamarajanagar: Close on the heels of five doctors of Chamarajanagar District Hospital testing Corona positive within a week after taking COVID-19 vaccine, Health and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar clarified that immunity will develop inside the body only after 45 days after vaccination. Reacting to reports in a section that five of the total…
Corona cases decline, but ILI, SARI cases spike
January 28, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: While Corona positive cases are on the decline, Influenza Like Illness (ILI) and Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) cases were looking northwards in Mysuru district. Statistics of number of Corona positive, ILI and SARI cases reported since Jan. 18 till Jan. 27, have revealed the sudden surge in ILI and SARI cases. As against…
COVID-19 vaccine brings back students to Colleges
January 24, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With steady decline in Corona positive cases, the attendance of students for offline courses has seen a drastic improvement. The students, who were hesitant to go to colleges during initial days, were now making a beeline. The numbers have increased especially after vaccine drive started on Jan 16. Since last 10-15 days, PU, Degree,…
Love in the time of COVID-19
January 24, 2021The world, according to reports, learnt of Coronavirus disease rather late by few months when people began to die of the scourge not knowing how to treat such patients. China was considered the culprit and those who travelled to that country became the carries of the virus. And China with its booming economy, there is…
Aadhaar Seva Kendras begin offline and online services
January 23, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru’s two Aadhaar Seva Kendras (ASK), operated by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) at Vijayanagar First Stage and at Saraswathipuram have been offering both online and offline services. These services were hampered in the last few months owing to COVID-19 pandemic. Now the services have resumed in full scale and per day…
Restore Medical Education portfolio for better management of vaccine drive: Dr. Sudhakar
January 23, 2021Bengaluru: Indicating possible second Coronavirus wave in Karnataka in February, Health and Family Welfare Minister, Dr. K. Sudhakar has appealed Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa to restore him Medical Education portfolio for betterment management of COVID-19 pandemic as well as ongoing vaccine drive. “Having these two portfolios together will be of great help, especially in the wake…
PM, CMs to get vaccinated in second round
January 21, 2021New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Ministers of all the States and Union Territories are likely to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in the second round, according to sources. With this, Modi wants to silence the voices of a few Congress leaders who had doubted safety and efficacy of the vaccines and had challenged…
Vaccine drive: 3,000 health staff to be inoculated today
January 20, 2021CFTRI, AIISH, Air Force Selection Board staff to receive shot soon Mysore/Mysuru: The COVID-19 vaccination drive began at 70 session sites across Mysuru District this morning to inoculate 3,000 beneficiaries. The District Health Department officials are trying to build confidence among healthcare staff about safety and efficacy of vaccines in the wake of underwhelming response…
Special drive for healthcare workers who missed date with vaccination
January 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Over 400 health-care workers, who had missed the first dose of Covishield vaccination on the inaugural day in Mysuru District on Saturday last, will get another chance to get inoculated but only after completion of vaccination to already registered health staff. “Once the vaccination of the registered healthcare workers is over, the 406 persons…
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