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Vaccine hesitancy among Pourakarmikas worries MCC
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Vaccine hesitancy among Pourakarmikas worries MCC

June 3, 2021

40 percent of civic workers yet to receive jabs, thanks to misinformation  13 buses offer free pick-up and drop service to Pourakarmikas in 9 Zones Mysore/Mysuru: Vaccination drive against COVID-19 among frontline workers lags behind due to vaccine hesitancy. Frontline workers have borne the brunt of the pandemic even as cases are hurtling with breath-taking…

Government plans to jab II PU students who wish to write offline exam
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Government plans to jab II PU students who wish to write offline exam

June 2, 2021

Bengaluru: The State Government is thinking of vaccinating those students who will appear for offline second PU annual examination in the wake of current COVID-19 pandemic second wave, opined Primary and Secondary Education Minister Suresh Kumar. Talking to reporters here yesterday, he said the final decision in this regard will be taken after consulting health…

Students going abroad for studies, job to get jab on priority
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Students going abroad for studies, job to get jab on priority

June 1, 2021

Bengaluru: The National Health Mission (NHM) has revised the list of preferential groups for vaccination by adding four more groups including students going to foreign countries to pursue their studies, said Deputy Chief Minister and State COVID-19 Ministerial Task Force Chairman, Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan. He told media here yesterday that persons who will go abroad…

Vaccination drives in city
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Vaccination drives in city

June 1, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Automotive Axles Limited launched the vaccination drive for its employees and their family members, a first of its kind in city as part of Government’s Workplace Vaccination Drive initiative.  Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri, who inaugurated the vaccination drive yesterday, appreciated the initiative taken by the Management as a proactive preventive measure and the excellent…

Notice served on two Taluk Health Officers for vaccinating Forest staff
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Notice served on two Taluk Health Officers for vaccinating Forest staff

May 31, 2021

Forest Department to once again write to the officials concerned to consider Forest staff as frontline workers  Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Department staff are angry following the notice slapped on two Taluk Health Officers (THOs) by the District Health Officer (DHO) for vaccinating a few Forest employees under the 18 to 44 years category. About 8 to…

Child COVID vaccine trials at Cheluvamba Hospital
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Child COVID vaccine trials at Cheluvamba Hospital

May 29, 2021

One among 10 Hospitals selected for trials in India; Dedicated team formed Mysore/Mysuru: Amid a debate around inoculating children for the deadly COVID infection and the threat of the third wave where teens and children are predicted to be the worst affected, Cheluvamba Hospital in Mysuru has been selected by Institutional Ethics Committee for Covaxin’s…

No jab, no work: KSRTC Divisional Controller
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No jab, no work: KSRTC Divisional Controller

May 29, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: The Divisional Controller of  KSRTC Mysuru Division Srinivas  has taken a decision not to allow those drivers, who have not taken COVID vaccination, to drive the buses. In a press release, he has said this rule was applicable to the staff members working in seven units of Rural Depot, Divisional Workshop, City Central Bus…

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