Mandya sees 60 new cases, Kodagu reports nine fresh cases and Chamarajanagar district reports 22 new cases Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru district reported 187 fresh COVID-19 cases yesterday (July 25), bringing the total positive cases in the district to 2,637, according to the media bulletin received last evening. A total of 808 patients have been discharged so…
MLA Ramdas instils confidence among public in fight against COVID-19
July 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the District Administration taking all possible measures to prevent the spread of the deadly COVID-19, KR MLA S.A. Ramdas, who heads the Task Force in his Constituency, has said that he has started instilling confidence among the members of the public in the fight against the pandemic. Stressing on the need for putting…
Mysuru to get 10,000 Rapid Antigen Kits
July 25, 2020Each taluk will get 1,000 kits and Mysuru city will get 3,000, says DC Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru will get over 10,000 Rapid Antigen Kits to scale up the testing process. These kits will be distributed to all taluks and Mysuru city will get 3,000 kits. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G….
Govt. asks final year MBBS, PG students to report for Covid duty
July 25, 2020Along with direct recruitment, the final year students of Lab Technician courses, Science students of RGUHS and volunteers will be given proper training before assigning Covid duties to them. Bengaluru: The State Government has directed final year students of MBBS, PG Medical and Super-specialty students to report for Covid duty to meet shortage of healthcare…
281 fresh COVID-19 positive cases in Mysuru; 6 deaths
July 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: After periodically reporting 100, 150 and 169 COVID-19 positive cases, Mysuru yesterday broke a record with 281 cases in a single day. With the latest number, it stood second in the State after Bengaluru Urban whose COVID infections today stand at 2,267. In fact, Mysuru has breached the 2,000 mark and the cumulative positive…
State slashes rates of COVID-19 testing
July 25, 2020Bengaluru: In the wake of Coronavirus raging across the State, the Karnataka Government on Friday further lowered RT-PCR (Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction) test rates to Rs. 2,000 for testing of Government samples in Private Laboratories. The Government also capped the rate for testing of private samples in Private Laboratories, including screening test and confirmatory…
I will head N.R. Constituency COVID Task Force: Tanveer Sait
July 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Nearly a week after Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha was made the head of N.R. Constituency Task Force, Narasimharaja Congress MLA Tanveer Sait said that he is getting active from today and will head the Task Force from today itself. Speaking to press-persons after meeting Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G.Sankar at the DC’s office here this…
COVID closure: Gym owners urge Government to lift ban
July 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Inter-District Gymnasium Owners Association has urged the Government to lift the ban on the opening of Gyms, which were closed over four months ago due to COVID-19 pandemic . Addressing a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan here yesterday, Association Hon. President K. Vishwanath urged the Government to lift the ban and facilitate re-opening …
Youth dies on his birthday
July 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In what can be called as a quirk of fate, a 23-year-old youth from Nanjangud, who was suffering from infectious gangrene, died on his birthday on Thursday, reportedly due to COVID-19. The youth, a resident of Basavanagudi extension in Nanjangud town, was suffering from severe diabetes and was admitted to a Private Hospital in…
Should God save us?
July 25, 2020Karnataka Health Minister recently raised a storm when he said “Only God can save us.” Of course, no one bothered with the other part of his statement where he said “Awareness among the people is the only way.” Probably what he meant was, how can a Government protect its people if the people don’t want…
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