Bengaluru: Rising number of COVID cases in Bengaluru has forced Karnataka Government to come up with a law to make home isolation of people aged above 60 years mandatory. Priority is now for people with symptoms. And people aged above 60 years and are asymptomatic will have to be quarantined, Medical Education Minister Dr. K….
CFTRI signs MoU with Schevaran Labs
July 6, 2020To develop efficient environment-friendly and cost-effective quality products post-COVID Mysore/Mysuru: CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, has signed an MoU with Schevaran Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Mysuru, recently making way forward for collaborative avenues towards the development of personal hygiene, cleaning and related industrial products and solutions. In the post-COVID scenario, both the organisations have…
Artistes’ welfare during pandemic
July 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Ganabharathi has been a familiar landmark in the cultural landscape of Mysuru for the last four decades. It was registered as a cultural institution in the year 1978 for the promotion of “Fine Arts and other Performing Arts”. It has a strength of 850 Life Members on its roster now. A music and dance…
Mysuru COVID-19 cases inch towards 500 mark; 59 cases today
July 6, 2020252 discharged since March; 238 active cases now District Administration takes over new ESI Hospital as additional treatment facility Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru is likely to witness a quantum leap in the number of COVID-19 positive cases with 59 persons contracting the virus today. Sources in the Health Department say that for the first time, Mysuru is…
Mysuru reports fifth COVID death; Kodagu records first
July 6, 2020Till July 5, 8 pm: 179 active cases; 252 discharged in Mysuru Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru reported one COVID-19 death in the last 24 hours taking the total deaths to five. The victim was suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI). The victim is a 46-year-old and a resident of Agrahara. He was being treated at SARI…
35-hour COVID curfew in Mysuru
July 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru was brought under a 35-hour curfew from 6 pm on Saturday to 5 am on Monday in an attempt to curb the spread of Coronavirus. The response to the Government’s order was overwhelming in Mysuru where the entire city was shut. Only the essential services functioned. City Police had issued a strict warning…
K.R. Hospital likely to suspend afternoon OPD services
July 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The services of the Out Patient Department (OPD) at the K.R. Hospital are likely to be suspended in afternoons as a precautionary measure following increase in number of COVID-19 positive cases in Mysuru and the fear of the deadly virus spreading fast. The OPD functions from 9 am to 1 pm and again from…
‘Make appropriate arrangements to treat COVID-19 patients’
July 5, 2020DC Abhiram G. Sankar directs Health Officials Mysore/Mysuru: With COVID-19 positive cases rising by the day in the district, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar on Saturday directed the Health Department officials to be prepared with appropriate medical arrangements for treating the infected. Addressing a meeting of Health Department officials at the ZP Office here yesterday,…
19 new Containment Zones in Mysuru
July 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of fresh Coronavirus (COVID-19) positive cases being reported in Mysuru district, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar has declared 19 new containment zones. Here is the list: Jakkahalli, H.D. Kote Saragur town, H.D. Kote KEB Quarters, Udayagiri Sreenivasa Nilaya, Water Tank Road, Hootagalli 4th Cross, 2nd Stage, Udayagiri 11th Cross, North…
COVID-19 pandemic in Mysuru: Police personnel, pregnant woman among 38 persons test positive
July 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Four Police personnel, an undertrial and a pregnant woman are among 38 persons, who tested positive for COVID-19 in Mysuru yesterday with a majority of them being Bengaluru returnees. With this, the total number of positive cases has gone up to 411. A total of 240 persons including 21 on Saturday have been discharged…
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