Mysore/Mysuru: Even as Mysuru district is preparing to receive the Chief Minister, who will be arriving to offer Bagina to Kabini Dam tomorrow (Aug. 21), top officers of the district — Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar, MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde, City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta and SP C.B. Ryshyanth — have gone into home quarantine,…
KSOU Academic Bhavan COVID Care Centre’s novel initiative
August 18, 2020Huge compost pit to recycle food waste Centre’s Nodal Officer Lt. Col. Dr. S.U. Ashok shows the way Mysore/Mysuru: The COVID Care Centre (CCC) established at the Academic Bhavan of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) at Mandakalli, which has 526 in-patients as of today, has now got a huge compost pit to convert food and…
Trauma Centre as COVID Hospital: Works going on in full swing
August 18, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Works on the new and ultra-modern Mysuru Trauma Care Centre in PKTB premises on KRS Road to be utilised as another COVID-19 Hospital in the wake of rising Coronavirus cases is going on in full swing. At present, the works on Central Oxygen Supply System, false ceiling, screen partitions have been completed and the…
Open COVID Centre at Sathagalli Bus Stand Complex: MLA
August 18, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Narasimharaja MLA Tanveer Sait has suggested the district administration for a COVID Care Centre (CCC) at Sathagalli Bus Stand Complex in city. Speaking to Star of Mysore, Sait said that as COVID test is being conducted across the city daily, the number of positive cases too was increasing and it is necessary to establish…
Rapid Antigen Test continues
August 18, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) being conducted on a mass scale by the district administration, entered the second day today, with the test conducted at five centres across the city. At Town Hall, one of the centres that is located in the heart of the city, more than 60 people were seen voluntarily…
Plasma Donation Drive to be intensified
August 17, 2020DC appeals COVID-19 recovered people to volunteer for donating plasma Only people aged above 18 years and below 60 eligible for plasma donation Each donor to get Rs. 5,000 as healthcare incentive Mysore/Mysuru: With the city and district receiving poor response for Plasma Donation, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar has appealed COVID-19 recovered people to…
COVID-19 Testing launched at various venues in city
August 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In order to widen the scope of testing for COVID-19 in the wake of exponential rise in the number of COVID positive cases, the District Administration today launched Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) at various venues across the city, including Open Air Theatre at Manasagangothri. The other venues are Town Hall, Quba School at Udayagiri,…
MLA Ramdas distributes Ayurvedic kits to Gunduraonagar residents
August 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Krishnaraja MLA S.A. Ramdas distributed Ayurvedic kits to Corona-infected residents in Gunduraonagar area in city on Friday. Speaking to press persons, Ramdas said, “While there is no medicine for COVID-19 as of now, it would be wise to take preventive measures to boost our immunity. These Ayurvedic medicines containing herbs such as Ginger, Turmeric,…
Now, kith and kin of COVID dead can conduct last rites: DC
August 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Now, the kith and kin can conduct the last rites of COVID-19 deceased as per their customs but under strict Government conditions, said Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar at the COVID-19 review meeting held at ZP Hall here yesterday. Following a Government directive, the last rites of COVID victims were hitherto being conducted by…
At COVID-19 meeting, District Minister asks officials to work harder and faster
August 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister S.T. Somashekar has directed officials from all concerned departments to work with more responsibility and faster in keeping pace with the Deputy Commissioner (DC) in order to bring down the fatality rate of COVID-19 patients. He was speaking at the COVID-19 review meeting held at Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Hall here yesterday. Expressing…
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