Mysore/Mysuru: With an aim to bring down COVID-19 death rate to zero in Krishnaraja (K.R.) Assembly segment, MLA S.A. Ramdas, who represents the Constituency, inaugurated a throat swab collection centre to test for COVID-19, at Makkala Koota premises in Krishnamurthypuram here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Ramdas said that the centre has been opened as…
More COVID testing centres needed in District: Former MLA Vasu
July 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: “There is a need to establish more COVID testing centres in the district following increase in the number of COVID cases day-by-day,” said former Chamaraja MLA Vasu. Addressing a press meet at a private hotel in city this morning, Vasu said that priority should be given to build confidence among the patients so that…
Mysuru to get 2,200 units of Rapid Antigen Kits: DC
July 11, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram Sankar said that Mysuru will get 2,200 units of Rapid Antigen Kits to test patients. Polyclinics and dispensaries in New Delhi are allowed to conduct rapid antigen tests to enhance screening for Covid-19 infections in the national capital. The same system is being followed in Bengaluru too and now will…
COVID-19 sample test centres in all Primary Health Centres: DHO
July 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration is exploring the option of opening COVID-19 sample test centres in all Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in city as the infection rate is showing a northward trend. District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. R. Venkatesh told reporters during an event at his office in Nazarbad yesterday that throat swab samples will…
COVID Testing Laboratory to open at Panchakarma Hospital
July 7, 2020After K.R. and JSS Hospitals, this will be the 3rd Lab Mysore/Mysuru: The new COVID-19 Testing Laboratory set up at Ayurveda Panchakarma Hospital on KRS road, Brindavan Extension, will start functioning in about 10 days. Announcing this here yesterday, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar said that the new Testing Laboratory will ease pressure on the…
DC inaugurates new COVID-19 rapid testing facility at K.R. Hospital
July 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar inaugurated the new COVID-19 rapid testing facility set up in Mysuru Medical College and Research Institute’s (MMC&RI) Microbiology Department Block in K.R. Hospital premises this morning. The new facility is set up exclusively for rapid testing of blood and throat swab samples of pregnant women, patients found with…
Kodagu tops State in conducting COVID test per million population
July 4, 2020Madikeri: Kodagu district has topped the chart in the State in the tests against COVID-19 per million population in the last 10 days. The district did 4,539 tests per million population which is higher than Bengaluru Urban and Mysuru which have reported a big surge in cases over the last few days. District administration officials…
CM clicks open COVID Testing Lab at JSS Hospital
June 29, 2020Karnataka which had only two Labs in February now has 79 Testing Labs Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa virtually inaugurated Mysuru’s first private COVID-19 Testing Lab set up by JSS Medical College at JSS Hospital. The lab will assist the Government testing facilities in Mysuru, the CM said. Due to the ongoing Coronavirus crisis, the…
CM to virtually open Mysuru’s first COVID-19 private testing lab at JSS
June 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru’s first private COVID-19 Testing Lab set up by JSS Medical College at JSS Hospital will be inaugurated online by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa at 10.30 am tomorrow (June 29). This advanced laboratory will add to the existing laboratories that are testing samples round the clock. At present, only the state-of-the-art Viral Research and Diagnostic…
Many swab-collection centres to come up in city
June 23, 2020Private laboratory readied by JSS awaits approval More labs to encourage voluntary testing Mysore/Mysuru: To encourage people to get voluntarily get tested for COVID-19, Influenza-like Illness (ILI) and Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) symptoms, the Mysuru District Administration is opening many swab-collection centres across Mysuru. This apart an exclusive private testing laboratory will come up…
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