Mandya sees 152 new COVID cases, Kodagu reports 39 and Chamarajanagar sees 52 new cases and one death Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru district has reported 372 new COVID positive cases yesterday bringing the total positives in the district to 5,192, according to the media bulletin received last evening. A total of 2,066 patients have been discharged so…
Former CM’s house at Ramakrishnanagar, farm house at T. Katur disinfected
August 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following former Chief Minister (CM) Siddharamaiah testing positive for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) yesterday, the MCC team led by Health Officer Dr. D.G. Nagaraj has disinfected the house of the former CM at Ramakrishnanagar here this morning besides spraying disinfectant on the road and the surroundings of the house. Also, the road in front of the…
Jubilant launches ‘JUBI-R’ (remdesivir) for COVID-19 treatment in India
August 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Jubilant Life Sciences Limited, an integrated global pharmaceutical and life sciences company, has announced that its subsidiary, Jubilant Generics Limited (Jubilant), has launched remdesivir for injection under the brand name ‘JUBI-R’ in the Indian market at a price of Rs. 4,700 per vial of 100 mg (lyophilized injection). The Company will make the drug…
Hotels become COVID Care Centres
August 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With a lot of homes not having enough rooms to isolate COVID- positive patients, hotels have started offering rooms to be converted into exclusive COVID Care Centres for non-critical and asymptomatic patients. Addressing a press meet at Mysore Hotel Owners Association premises in Krishnamurthypuram this morning, Vice President of Mysuru Association of Hospitals, Nursing…
Mysuru district reports 238 new COVID positive cases, 10 deaths on Aug. 2
August 3, 2020Mandya sees 97 cases and three deaths, Kodagu reports 16 and Chamarajanagar sees 31 new COVID cases and two deaths Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru district has reported 238 new COVID cases yesterday bringing the total number of positive cases to 4,820, according to the media bulletin received last evening. As many as 1,692 patients have been discharged…
COVID Warrior dies of Coronavirus
August 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A Government Ayurveda doctor, who had served as a Corona Warrior by treating COVID positive patients, has died of COVID just two days after his retirement. He was 60. The doctor, a resident of Udayagiri in city, had served as the District AYUSH Officer at Chamarajanagar and had retired from service on July 31. …
COVID positive undertrial escapes from hospital
August 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 23-year-old under trial, who was admitted to a hospital after he tested positive for COVID, has escaped from the hospital yesterday. The under trial was admitted to the hospital on Saturday night from where he escaped the next day, according to the complaint lodged by Resident Medical Officer at Metagalli Police Station.
Corona-Mardhaka Ganesha for strength to combat COVID
August 3, 2020City-based artist D. Revanna, who is known for coming up with unique creative Ganesha statues based on current events during Ganesh Chaturthi every year, has come up with a special Ganesha statue depicting Corona-Mardhaka Ganesha idol this year. The idol — 4 ft tall and weighing 15 kgs — is seen destroying the virus at…
JSS Hospital shortlisted for COVID vaccine, drug trials
August 3, 2020Clinical trial to evaluate if Covishield vaccine can prevent symptomatic Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru’s JSS Hospital and Medical College has been shortlisted by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for Serum Institute of India’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate — Covishield — trial. The clinical trial is designed to evaluate if an investigational vaccine can…
COVID deals a big blow to real estate revenues
August 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the real estate scene in Mysuru where students and professionals do not feel the need to pay high rents to stay on in the heart of the city anymore. As work from home is the new norm, they are shifting to their native places or moving to the city…
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