Quarantine App, telemedicine facilities monitoring patient care to be reintroduced Bengaluru: Gearing up to handle a possible outbreak of Omicron, the State’s COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) met Health Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar in Bengaluru yesterday and submitted several recommendations including mandatory vaccination, screening of international passengers, compulsory RT-PCR test on arrival at the airports,…
Classes 6-8 to reopen from Sept. 6
August 31, 2021Weekend curfew in Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts lifted Bengaluru: With the State witnessing a steady decline in daily COVID-19 caseload, the Government on Monday decided to reopen schools for classes 6 to 8 from Sept.6 in taluks where COVID Test Positivity Rate (TPR) is less than 2 percent. The decision was taken at a meeting…
Beware: COVID 2nd wave is here to stay till May end
April 6, 2021Technical Advisory Committee warns Govt. PM to hold review meeting with CMs on Apr. 8 Bengaluru/Mysuru: COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee has urged the State Government to take preventive measures strictly as COVID-19 second wave is likely to have its serious impact till May end. In a detailed report submitted to the State Government yesterday, the…
Surge in COVID: CM to hold meeting tomorrow
March 14, 2021Fresh restrictions not ruled out; stress on testing, vaccination drive Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has convened a high-level meeting at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru tomorrow (Mar. 15) at 5 pm in view of sudden rise in COVID-19 positive cases in Karnataka. A senior officer of State Health Department told Star of Mysore this morning…
State COVID Panel recommends night curfew from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1
December 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Fearing second wave of COVID-19 during end of this December and January next year, the State Government’s COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee Chairman Dr. M.K. Sudarshan has recommended imposition of night curfew from Dec.26, 2020 to Jan. 1, 2021 between 8 pm and 6 am. The eight-page report containing several recommendations, including night curfew was…
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