New Delhi: Promoting self-sufficiency in medical equipment manufacturing, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has so far recognised a total of 382 COVID-19 test kits, of which 249 are indigenously manufactured. Briefing media here yesterday, ICMR Director-General Balram Bhargava said 726 different test kits have been evaluated so far for the COVID test, of…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT), launched by the District Administration to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the wake of exponential rise in the number of COVID positive cases, continued today too at various venues across the city. Today, RAT is being conducted at Town Hall, Quba Public School at Udayagiri, CITB Choultry at…
Doctors, healthcare workers return to work; people line up to give throat swab samples Mysore/Mysuru: In a major relief to Mysuru District that is combating the rising cases of COVID-19 contagion and the resultant deaths, hundreds of Government doctors and allied health personnel resumed work this morning after four days. They restarted the healthcare machinery…
Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to contain the rapid spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus), another Swab Testing Centre has been opened at Karnataka Public School premises, behind Somani College in Kuvempunagar, which was launched by K.R. Constituency MLA S.A. Ramdas yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Ramdas said that this testing centre would be helpful for people of…
DC opens Lab set up by CSIR-CFTRI at Govt. Ayurveda Hi-tech Panchakarma Hospital on KRS Road Mysore/Mysuru: The new CSIR-CFTRI COVID Testing Laboratory, which has been set up at the Government Ayurveda Hi-tech Panchakarma Hospital at Brindavan Extension on KRS Road was inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar this morning. Speaking after inaugurating…
Mysore/Mysuru: To support the Mysuru District Administration in its fight against Coronavirus, city-based Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) will set up an advanced COVID Testing Laboratory to scale up testing process. Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar told Star of Mysore that up to 300 samples per day can be tested in this lab….
Mysore/Mysuru: In an effort to encourage people to voluntarily get tested for COVID-19, the Mysuru District Administration has opened a new swab-collection centre at Town Hall in city which has begun its operation since yesterday. The newly opened swab-collection centre is now available to public where anyone with symptoms can just walk in, register their…
Madikeri: Taking yet another step to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) by conducting COVID testing on all symptomatic people, it has been decided to establish COVID testing laboratories at all taluk centres in the district. The decision in this regard was taken at the Zilla Panchayat (ZP) general meeting at the ZP auditorium in…
Bengaluru: In the wake of Coronavirus raging across the State, the Karnataka Government on Friday further lowered RT-PCR (Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction) test rates to Rs. 2,000 for testing of Government samples in Private Laboratories. The Government also capped the rate for testing of private samples in Private Laboratories, including screening test and confirmatory…
Officials find it tough to trace those who tested positive due to incorrect contact details Henceforth, Aadhaar Card, Voter ID or PAN Card mandatory before swab collection Mysore/Mysuru: Over 25 to 30 COVID-19 patients in city who were sent to home quarantine are untraceable as they had given wrong contact numbers to the monitoring officials…
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