Mysore/Mysuru: To support the Mysuru District Administration in its fight against Coronavirus, city-based Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) will set up an advanced COVID Testing Laboratory to scale up testing process. Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar told Star of Mysore that up to 300 samples per day can be tested in this lab….
Rapid Antigen Testing Teams now test people near their doorstep
August 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the number of COVID-19 positive cases rising exponentially by the day in the district, Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) teams have started visiting hotspot areas of the city carrying out tests on the people near their doorstep. There are 8 RAT teams in the city and 10 in each taluk of the district. Rapid…
Free oxygen for COVID patients with respiratory problems
August 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: United Vision Welfare and Charitable Trust has come forward to supply free oxygen to COVID patients with severe respiratory infection. The free service was inaugurated by District Vector-Borne Diseases Control Officer Dr. Chidambara by watering a sapling at a simple function organised at MESCO ITI College premises in Subashnagar yesterday. Speaking on the occasion,…
Mysuru district reports 11 COVID deaths, 261 new cases on Aug. 5
August 6, 2020Mandya reports 123 new COVID positive cases, Kodagu sees 13 and Chamarajanagar reports 38 new cases Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru district yesterday reported 261 new COVID positive cases bringing the total number of positives in the district to 6,115, according to the media bulletin received last evening. As many as 2,342 patients have been discharged so far…
Mysuru district reports 662 new COVID cases, nine deaths on Aug. 4
August 5, 2020Mandya sees 126 new cases, Kodagu reports 31 and Chamarajanagar district sees 57 new COVID positive cases Mysore/Mysuru: There seems to be an explosion of COVID-19 infections in Mysuru district as 662 new COVID positive were reported yesterday, according to the media bulletin received last evening. Meanwhile, Mysuru DC Abhiram G. Sankar has clarified that…
COVID-19: SC directs States to provide essentials to elderly people
August 5, 2020New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday ordered all the States to ensure all elderly people, eligible for the pension, should be regularly paid the amount, along with necessary medicines, masks, sanitisers and other essential goods during the Covid-19 pandemic. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and R. Subhash Reddy directed that when any…
With work for just four months a year, Home Guards ponder over full-time employment
August 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Home Guards who work with the Police on normal days are in a dilemma as they get work only for four months a year, with the COVID-19 pandemic throwing almost everything out of gear. There are a total of 1,300 Home Guards serving in the district, including 528 in the city and in normal…
Steep spike in COVID-19 infections in Mysuru today with 662 cases
August 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: There seems to be an explosion of COVID-19 infections in Mysuru as 662 cases have been reported today August 4. After Bengaluru Urban with 2035 cases, the Heritage City of Mysuru stands second with 662 cases. With fresh cases the cumulative positive cases in Mysuru has reached 5854, crossing the 5000 mark. The active…
New COVID Test Centre at Town Hall
August 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In an effort to encourage people to voluntarily get tested for COVID-19, the Mysuru District Administration has opened a new swab-collection centre at Town Hall in city which has begun its operation since yesterday. The newly opened swab-collection centre is now available to public where anyone with symptoms can just walk in, register their…
Dedicated COVID Enquiry Call Centre for MCC staff
August 4, 2020‘Televerification and Communication Team’ set up for well-being of Mysuru City Corporation employees Mysore/Mysuru: If West Bengal Government has formed a unique “Coronavirus Disease Warrior Club” comprising patients who have recovered from the viral infection and who are deployed in Hospitals treating COVID-19 patients, the Mysuru District Administration has also set up a dedicated Call…
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