Tag: Coronavirus

PM holds key meet with DCs amid COVID surge
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PM holds key meet with DCs amid COVID surge

May 18, 2021

Mysuru DC unable to interact during video-conference due to technical snag but speaks to PMO later Mysore/Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with Deputy Commissioners along with field officials from 10 States and many Districts through video-conferencing this noon. The districts that were included in the PM’s interaction had seen a huge surge in COVID-19…

War Room, COVID Mitra of no help for this ASHA worker
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War Room, COVID Mitra of no help for this ASHA worker

May 18, 2021

Frontline Warrior runs from pillar to post in search of hospital bed for husband Mysore/Mysuru: The second wave of COVID-19 crisis has meant risky and longer hours of work for frontline workers, doctors and the Police who are exacerbated by unsafe working conditions, hostility from their communities, and minimal compensation or support from the authorities….

Has poaching spiked during lockdown?
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Has poaching spiked during lockdown?

May 18, 2021

Two cases reported in a single day in Kodagu; four arrested, four absconding Mysore/Mysuru: Smoke-and-sound-free environs, wild animals moving around freely inside the National Parks and Tiger Reserves indicate that nature is thriving during the Coronavirus pandemic with lack of human movement.  For many species, lockdown may indeed be good news but for many other…

City researchers develop anti-COVID oral drug
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City researchers develop anti-COVID oral drug

May 17, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: In a major breakthrough that can add as a powerful ammunition to the fight against COVID, a Mysuru-based drug development company has discovered a new drug against human anti-SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2). SARS-CoV-2 viral multiplication within the cell mainly depends on RdRp, a key enzyme that is involved in the RNA…

Rural Mysuru too facing COVID-19 community spread, says DC
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Rural Mysuru too facing COVID-19 community spread, says DC

May 16, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru:  Confirming that rural parts of the district too are facing COVID-19 community spread, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rohini Sindhuri observed that taking the right medicines for first five days will help in recovery. Addressing live on Facebook yesterday, Sindhuri said that the district currently has 18,000 active cases and fifty percent of them are reported…

Pandemic  Politics
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Pandemic Politics

May 15, 2021

Yesterday, Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri, for the first time reacted to the clean chit given to her by the three-member probe Committee of the Karnataka High Court regarding Chamarajanagar tragedy.  She said, “The Committee has cleared the name of Mysuru District Administration and several baseless and motivated statements had put a black mark on…

Police step up vigil at check-posts, screen vehicles entering Mysuru
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Police step up vigil at check-posts, screen vehicles entering Mysuru

May 14, 2021

SP Ryshyanth visits check points; asks personnel not to block patient-carrying and essential goods vehicles  Mysore/Mysuru: With a spurt in COVID-19 cases, the District Police have stepped up vigil at all check-posts and toll plazas to keep an eye on persons trying to enter Mysuru.  They are screening all vehicles and questioning the occupants while…

Mysuru reports first black fungus death
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Mysuru reports first black fungus death

May 14, 2021

Seven more mucormycosis cases detected at K.R. Hospital and some private hospitals Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru reported its first black fungus death case and the new variant has been detected in seven more COVID-infected patients. This has caused concern among medical community who are battling day and night to combat the killer virus even as India is…

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