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
May 18, 2021Frontline 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?
May 18, 2021Two 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…
JSS Hospital ready to fight Corona third wave: Suttur Seer
May 17, 2021Work on installing liquid oxygen unit to start soon Dedicated team of doctors ready to treat patients Mysore/Mysuru: JSS Multi-Speciality Hospital is fully geared up to take on the third wave of Coronavirus and the Hospital has upgraded its facilities to treat patients, declared Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji. He was speaking to the…
City researchers develop anti-COVID oral drug
May 17, 2021Mysore/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
May 16, 2021Mysore/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…
Be prepared to increase oxygenated beds, ICUs and ventilators: District Minister
May 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Co-operation and District In-charge Minister S.T. Somashekar has asked officers to make preparations to increase the number of oxygenated beds, ventilators and ICUs in the district. Presiding over COVID-19 District Task Force Committee meeting at Zilla Panchayat auditorium here yesterday, he said plenty of general beds are available but there was lot of demand…
Pandemic Politics
May 15, 2021Yesterday, 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
May 14, 2021SP 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
May 14, 2021Seven 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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