Tag: COVID-19 Testing

Now get RT-PCR test results in a day
Coronavirus Update, COVID-19, News

Now get RT-PCR test results in a day

November 7, 2020

DC opens new facility at K.R. Hospital Lab Rs. 1 crore automated ‘Liquid Handling System’ can conduct 1,200 tests per day Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government has supplied the much-needed ‘Liquid Handling System’ medical equipment to Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) that will help in giving early results for RT-PCR COVID-19 test. Deputy Commissioner…

COVID-19 test must for factory workers: DC
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COVID-19 test must for factory workers: DC

November 2, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: With Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri directing the Industrial Bodies to make COVID-19 test mandatory for factory workers as part of an effort to control the spread of the deadly pandemic, all industrial workers are now supposed to undergo the test. The DC, who held a meeting with representatives of various industries and office-bearers of…

Mobile COVID testing team deployed at Mysuru Zoo
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Mobile COVID testing team deployed at Mysuru Zoo

October 30, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Two mobile medical teams are deployed inside the Mysuru Zoo campus to conduct RT-PCR or Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) for  the visiting public. Dr. Mohammed Shiraz Ahmed, District Tuberculosis Officer (DTO) and in-Charge of COVID-19 testing and report preparation, told Star of Mysore this morning that each team consists of two lab technicians and…

A big feat by ‘Namma Doddaspatre’
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A big feat by ‘Namma Doddaspatre’

October 22, 2020

In Mysuru District 2,54,587 COVID tests have been conducted till Oct. 20 out of which 1,00,613 have been tested at MMC&RI Microbiology Laboratory (K.R. Hospital). Out of that, 89,589 patients belonged to Mysuru District while 11,024 were from neighbouring districts. Of the total 9,295 positive cases, 8,926 persons belonged to Mysuru District and 369 to…

COVID-19 testing rates slashed
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COVID-19 testing rates slashed

October 19, 2020

Bengaluru: To encourage citizens to undergo COVID-19 testing, the Technical Advisory Committee has now recommended the issue of fixation of rates for the following tests to be charged by the private laboratories and has ordered to fix the rates accordingly. In a press release here, S. Honnamma, Joint Secretary to Government, Health and Family Welfare…

164 Palace staff test negative
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164 Palace staff test negative

October 14, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: A free RT-PCR and Rapid Antigen Test were conducted for the staff of Mysore Palace in view of the beginning of the ten-day Dasara festival from Oct. 17 to 26. As many as 300 persons are working in various Departments in the Palace which includes Electrical, Civil and Horiculture, Police and Home Guards. Of…

Govt. makes COVID-19 testing mandatory for individuals
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Govt. makes COVID-19 testing mandatory for individuals

October 12, 2020

Bengaluru: Invoking Sec. 4 of “The Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Ordinance-2020,” the State Government has said all individuals who are identified for COVID-19 test by Government should get tested compulsorily so that spread of the virus can be contained and lives can be saved. In a press release here, Dr. Om Prakash Patil, Director, Health and…

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