Bengaluru: Students who are COVID-19 positive but are asymptomatic will be allowed to write the Common Entrance Test (CET) scheduled on July 30 and 31. According to the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by the Department of Health and Family Welfare for CET, space should be allotted for students who have tested positive. Such students…
Appointed as BBMP’s Covid-19 Ambassador
July 21, 2020Bengaluru: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has roped in popular Kannada actor Ramesh Arvind as its Brand Ambassador to disseminate accurate information on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). On Monday, BBMP Commissioner N. Manjunath Prasad announced the appointment of Ramesh Arvind as the Ambassador and included Ramesh into the newly-formed BBMP COVID-19 Task Force to contain the…
Medical Shop Owners appeal COVID-19 symptomatic patients not to visit Drug Stores
July 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the number of COVID-19 positive cases rising by the day in the city, the Mysuru City and District Retail Chemists and Druggists Association has appealed COVID symptomatic patients not to visit medical shops and instead send their healthy family members or friends for their medicine requirements. In a press release, the Association, expressing…
Covid, another tool of Power
July 21, 2020By T.J.S. George The Congress’ curse — and India’s — is that no one dares look outside of the Gandhis. This is when it is obvious that dramatic changes will occur if Sonia retires and Rahul joins a team of leaders comprising Mallikarjun Kharge, Kapil Sibal and P. Chidambaram on the one side and Milind…
Alarming rise in Coronavirus cases: 4 Task Force Teams Formed
July 20, 2020MLAs to lead teams at Chamaraja, Krishnaraja and Chamundeshwari while MP to head Narasimharaja Constituency Pratap Simha inspects Columbia Asia, Narayana and St. Joseph’s Hospitals Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister S.T. Somashekar yesterday said that a COVID-19 Task Force will be set up for each of the four Assembly segments of the city, namely Chamaraja, Krishnaraja, Narasimharaja…
Exclusive hospital for frontline warriors to open tomorrow
July 20, 2020DC inspects Vikram Jeshta Hospital readied to receive COVID warriors Mysore/Mysuru: Doctors, nurses and healthcare workers are not the only ones fighting the battle against Coronavirus. Other key workers who often go unnoticed like the Police, security guards, utility workers and garbage collectors continue to fight the pandemic. Frontline warriors too account for many COVID-19…
Mysuru district reports 110 fresh COVID cases, 11 deaths on Sunday
July 20, 2020Mandya sees 7 positive cases, Kodagu 13 while Chamarajanagar reports 25 fresh Corona positive cases yesterday Mysore/Mysuru: Eleven COVID deaths and 110 fresh COVID cases have been reported in Mysuru district, according to the media bulletin last evening. The district’s total positive cases has now risen to 1,624 with a total of 598 patients being…
Comprehensive COVID Care at Bibi Ayesha Milli Hospital
July 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Bibi Ayesha Milli Hospital (BAMH) on Old Mysuru-Bengaluru Road, Mysuru, in collaboration with Brindavan Hospital, will provide Comprehensive COVID Care at its premises from tomorrow (July 21). In view of increasing number of COVID-19 cases, there is a dire need for an exclusive COVID Care Hospital catering to all types of patients. This centre…
Medical Shops warned against illegal sale of Rapid Antigen Test Kits
July 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As the demand for Rapid Antibody Test Kits are increasing with the spurt in COVID-19 cases, the Deputy Controller of Drugs in Mysuru has warned Medical Shops against illegal sale of Test Kits. In a press release, Sridhar, Deputy Controller of Drugs at the Mysuru Regional Office, said that it has come to the…
Kodagu origin doctors asked to work for their homeland
July 20, 2020Madikeri: Unlike other bigger districts in the State, Kodagu has limited private healthcare resources and this has been one of the reasons for its dependence on cities like Mysuru and Mangaluru for healthcare needs. However, under the regulated situation triggered by COVID-19, patients of one district are not being treated/permitted in another easily, and this…
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