Tag: COVID-19 Testing

700 RT-PCR tests targeted daily in Mysuru district
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700 RT-PCR tests targeted daily in Mysuru district

April 18, 2023

Tests will be done at K.R. Hospital, District Hospital and all Taluk Hospitals Mysore/Mysuru: With COVID-19 positive cases gradually increasing in the State, the Health Department has issued directions to conduct RT-PCR tests across the district. As the District Administration has given a target to conduct 700 COVID-19 tests daily, RT-PCR tests are being conducted…

Mysuru district ready to tackle virus attack
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Mysuru district ready to tackle virus attack

April 27, 2022

Out of 1,800 tests conducted last week, 9 persons test positive Mysore/Mysuru: Following experts predicting COVID 4th wave from the month of June, the Mysuru District Administration has intensified RT-PCR and Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) in the district. The officials of the Health and Family Welfare Department, based on the experience from the 1st, 2nd…

People face long lines as they rush to get tested for COVID
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People face long lines as they rush to get tested for COVID

January 13, 2022

War room numbers For any kind of health issue, contact Taluk COVID War Room at 0821-2414812 For emergencies contact Tahsildar 89716-52652 Taluk Panchayat CEO 94808-73100 Taluk Health Officer 97310-21569 Mysore/Mysuru: Business travel, family gatherings and the rapid surge of COVID-19 and the new Coronavirus cases triggered by the Omicron variant, are driving huge demand for…

170 students, staff undergo free RT-PCR test
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170 students, staff undergo free RT-PCR test

January 12, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports, Mysuru, had organised a free RT-PCR test for 170 students and staff at Chamundi Vihar Stadium premises in Nazarbad yesterday. District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. K.H. Prasad, who inaugurated the free COVID test camp, said that the test was conducted for students who will be participating in the…

Mobile RT-PCR test
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Mobile RT-PCR test

June 27, 2021

MCC deploys vans to conduct on-the-spot test Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has deployed mobile RT-PCR testing vans in all nine zones of city to conduct COVID test on spot in a bid to check the spreading of pandemic. This morning, each mobile team, comprising three Health Inspectors and a Supervisor, was deployed in every…

Serptentine queue at Covid testing centres disappears
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Serptentine queue at Covid testing centres disappears

June 18, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: The number of people coming for COVID test is declining due to pandemic slowing coming under control in the district.  Though, the Corona positive cases were heading southwards, the deaths were still on the higher side thus worrying for the District authorities. The District Administration has opened additional COVID testing centres in city to…

MCC’s door-to-door COVID testing drive
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MCC’s door-to-door COVID testing drive

June 15, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: In yet another exercise to check the spread of COVID, the MCC has launched door-to-door testing by deploying mobile units in all 9 MCC Zonal Offices. Speaking to Star of Mysore, MCC Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy said that it is important to trace primary and secondary contacts of COVID positive patients in order to…

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