New York: Two major dictionary publishers have chosen pandemic as 2020 word of the year. Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com both declared their choices on Monday. Merriam-Webster said its decision was based on the “extremely high numbers” of people who had looked up pandemic in its online dictionary in 2020. The word showed a major year-over-year increase…
Mysore/Mysuru: Think twice before you step out of houses without wearing face mask. The Karnataka Government’s Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for COVID-19 has recommended to the Government to consider simple imprisonment of a few hours for mask violators as done in Madhya Pradesh. With citizens showing gross negligence by moving in public places without masks,…
Bengaluru: Stating that Covaxin trials will be successful in the State, Health and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar said Karnataka is fully prepared for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine. He was speaking here after the launch of the 3rd phase clinical trials of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin at Vydehi Institute of Medical Science and Research…
Britain will start vaccinating people next week London: The United Kingdom (UK) today became the first country to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, paving the way for mass vaccinations against the deadly Coronavirus. The British regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), says the jab, which claims to offer up to 95…
Mysore/Mysuru: Fearing second wave of COVID-19 during end of this December and January next year, the State Government’s COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee Chairman Dr. M.K. Sudarshan has recommended imposition of night curfew from Dec.26, 2020 to Jan. 1, 2021 between 8 pm and 6 am. The eight-page report containing several recommendations, including night curfew was…
Medicos defy Corona, 135 out of 150 students attend classes at MMC&RI Poor attendance continues to haunt Degree Colleges Mysore/Mysuru: Upholding the spirit of ‘Corona Warriors’, over 90 per cent of students of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) attended classes on the first day of re-opening of all Medical, Dental, Ayurveda, Pharmacy and…
New Delhi: Amid a spike in Covid-19 cases in some regions, the Centre has issued a fresh set of guidelines which is effective from today, Dec. 1. These Covid-19 guidelines will remain in force till Dec. 31. While issuing guidelines for “Surveillance, Containment and Caution” for December, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said the…
Case positivity rate which was above 20% in September stands at 2% now Mysore/Mysuru: With about 6,000 COVID-19 tests per day, the Mysuru District Administration is in the second place after Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) which is doing highest number of tests per day. In a press release, Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri also disclosed…
Coronavirus and spreading it, the NSS Units of Mysore University and Sheshadripuram PU College, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), Rotary Mysore and Rotary Midtown had organised a cycle rally in city on Wednesday. Speaking after flagging off the cycle rally, MCC Health Officer Dr. M.S. Jayanth called upon the public not to neglect the precautionary measures…
Joy Andrew defies the odds again to reach milestone in ‘colourful and amazing life’ London: When 99-year-old Joy Andrew tested positive for Coronavirus in May, staff at the care home where she lived put her on end-of-life care and prepared her family to expect the worst. But Andrew, who has survived a Nazi assassination attempt,…
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