Mysore/Mysuru: Dundaiah, a resident of Vivekanandanagar in city, stands out as the odd one out among the 20 labourers working under an unrelenting summer sun at an under-construction house in Kuvempunagar. While the other labourers comprising men and a handful of women appear rustic, sporting rubber slippers, worn out sarees and lungis with a towel…
Rush for Free immunity-booster
July 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Holding prevention to be better than cure, residents are rushing to Government Ayurveda College and Hospital premises on Sayyaji Rao Road (near K.R. Hospital) for doses of free immunity-boosting medicines. Mysuru has seen a drastic jump in the number of COVID-19 cases in the past few days. Though these medicines were being given free…
Rs. 5,000 for plasma donors
July 16, 2020Bengaluru: To encourage plasma donation from COVID-19-cured patients, the State Government has decided to pay Rs. 5,000 incentive to the donors. Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar, addressing newsmen yesterday, informed that an incentive of Rs. 5,000 would be given to those who had recovered from the COVID-19 disease and donated their plasma. “Please…
Ninety-nine fresh COVID cases, six deaths reported in Mysuru
July 16, 2020Mandya reports 31 fresh cases with first COVID death; Kodagu 23 cases and Chamarajanagar 8 fresh cases Mysore/Mysuru: As many as 99 fresh COVID cases were reported in Mysuru district bring the total number of cases to 1,190. A total of 503 patients have been discharged so far with five patients discharged yesterday and a…
DC calls for effective management of Containment Zones, Home Isolations
July 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As the Coronavirus pandemic is spreading, creation of Containment Zones and careful and effective management of these zones can help limit the transmission till the time scientists, pharmaceuticals companies develop COVID-19 vaccine. These zones help reduce people-to-people contact and break the chain of virus spread — the motive behind Government-announced lockdowns. These zones serve…
Three COVID Care Centres to come up at NR Constituency
July 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the District Administration is looking at various options to control COVID-19 spread including imposition of mini-lockdown in some areas of Narasimharaja (NR) Constituency from where many Coronavirus positive cases are reported on a daily basis, three COVID Care Centres (CCCs) are being readied in the Constituency to help fight the deadly pandemic….
Mysore Varsity, KSOU hostels as COVID Care facilities
July 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As most beds in the important hospitals are occupied or reserved for COVID-19 patients who are asymptomatic, the State Government plans to convert even hostels belonging to educational institutes and universities to treat not-so-critical patients at the temporary COVID Care Centres. Taking facilities available in educational institutes is among the latest measures adopted by…
Private Hospitals cannot deny treatment to COVID-19 patients: DC
July 15, 2020JSS Hospital already treating 42 patients at its facility Apollo BGS Hospital sets up 45-bed Unit at Aravindnagar Expert medical team from Bengaluru visits K.R. Hospital to study cause of deaths Mysore/Mysuru: With Mysuru District witnessing a spike in COVID-19 positive cases almost daily in the past few days, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar…
Mysuru Traffic ACP Office reopens
July 15, 2020Was closed since July 2 after a staff tested positive for COVID Mysore/Mysuru: The office of the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) – Traffic, located at Shivarampet, which was sealed down on July 2 after a lady Head Constable contracted COVID-19, reopened yesterday. The infected lady Head Constable was admitted to the COVID Hospital and…
Amid COVID-19 pandemic Mysuru City Corporation records Rs.41 crore property tax collection
July 15, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Despite the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has recorded property tax collection of Rs.41 crore so far. As is the practise followed in the past several years, the MCC has given a 5 percent rebate in tax to property owners who pay their annual tax by July 31….
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