Mysore/Mysuru: With the city’s biggest Hospital, the K.R. Hospital turning into a COVID treatment Hospital, all the Operation Theatres (OT) of the Hospital have been closed temporarily. As a result the poor patients, who look up to this Hospital which is popularly called as ‘Doddaspatre’ for their health care, are put to a lot of…
Out of State returnees cannot be forced to stay in hotels: DC
July 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration has dropped the policy of hotel quarantine for returnees from other States. Instead, the returnees are being asked to be in home quarantine for two weeks. “Earlier, there was a system of mandatory hotel quarantine to all those who return from other States. We have dropped the policy since two weeks…
Mysuru district sees 200 new COVID positive cases, reports five deaths on July 29
July 30, 2020Mandya reports 70 fresh cases, Kodagu reports eight and Chamarajanagar sees 20 new cases Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru district reported 200 new COVID positive cases yesterday bringing the total number of positive cases to 3,583, according to the media bulletin received last evening. As many as 1,145 patients have been discharged so far including 134 patients yesterday…
MLA asks party workers to don the role of Corona Warriors
July 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With people put to a lot of hardship due to the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, NR MLA Tanveer Sait has asked Congress party workers to take up the role of Corona Warriors in fighting for the cause of the people. Addressing party workers at Congress Bhavan near the City Railway Station here…
K.R. Pet Mini Vidhana Soudha sealed down
July 30, 2020K.R. Pet: The Mini Vidhana Soudha at K.R. Pet has been sealed down for two days (July 30 and 31) after a ‘D’ Group employee tested positive for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) yesterday, according to the press release from Tahsildar M. Shivamurthy, who has requested the public to co-operate. The Tahsildar has further stated in the press…
Tanveer Sait seeks opening of COVID Care Centres at Hostels
July 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With NR Constituency becoming a COVID-19 hotspot, NR MLA Tanveer Sait has written to Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar seeking establishment of COVID Care Centres (CCC) at VTU, Teresian College and Kendriya Vidyalaya Hostel buildings. In his letter dated July 26, Sait said that as the Constituency is expected to witness more number of…
Mysuru District reports 220 new COVID positive cases, 8 deaths on July 28
July 29, 2020Mandya sees 96 new cases, Kodagu two and Chamarajanagar reports 52 fresh cases Mysore/Mysuru: With 220 fresh COVID positive cases being reported in Mysuru district, the total positive cases in the district reached 3,383 on Tuesday (July 28), according to the media bulletin received yesterday evening. A total of 1,011 patients have been discharged so…
MLA distributes Ayurvedic kits to residents of Containment Zones
July 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: KR MLA S.A. Ramdas distributed Ayurvedic kits to over 230 residents of Containment Zones in Vidyaranyapuram area in city yesterday. Speaking to press persons, Ramdas said, “We all know that prevention is better than cure. While there is no medicine for COVID-19 as of now, it will be good to take preventive measures to…
Health Dept. directs DCs to set up Booth-level teams to contain COVID-19
July 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As the State reels under exponential rise of COVID-19 positive cases, the Health Department has directed the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) of all the Districts to set up a Booth-level team on the lines of polling booth model, in order to effectively check the spread of the pandemic. In a letter addressed to the DCs…
K.R. Pet doctor dies of COVID in City Hospital
July 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A doctor, who was running a clinic at K.R. Pet and admitted to a private in city after he tested positive for COVID-19, passed away at the hospital yesterday. A native of K.R. Pet taluk, the doctor developed COVID symptoms three days ago and was admitted to a private hospital in city, where he…
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