District Health Officers disappointed Mysore/Mysuru: There has been poor response to the second round of vaccination drive for healthcare workers with hardly negligible beneficiaries turning up at vaccination centres in city this morning. Till noon, only three persons had taken the second dose at Trauma Care Centre on KRS Road, that too without waiting for…
COVID-19 Vaccine Drive-2: Second dose for healthcare workers from tomorrow
February 14, 2021Healthcare workers session will continue till Feb. 20 and mop up till Feb.25; Last chance for first dose missed out registered beneficiaries Mysore/Mysuru: The administration of second dose of COVID-19 vaccine for healthcare workers will begin across the State from tomorrow. As many as 23,295 beneficiaries of the total 32,979 healthcare staff of Mysuru district…
Liquor Love slows down vaccination drive
February 11, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Has love for liquor among a few Government employees slowed down the ongoing vaccination drive for frontline workers? According to Health Department Officers it is. They say the fear of being unable to consume alcohol after vaccination is deterring certain frontline workers from getting vaccinated. It may be recalled, many reports have been circulating…
DCs vaccinated: Mysuru, Mandya and Chamarajanagar DCs prompt staff to take the jab
February 9, 2021Mysuru/Mandya/Chamarajanagar: Deputy Commissioners of Mysuru, Mandya and Chamarajanagar became the recipients of COVID-19 vaccine on day-one of vaccination drive for frontline workers that was launched yesterday. Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri, Mandya Deputy Commissioner Dr. M.V. Venkatesh and Chamarajanagar Deputy Commissioner Dr. M.R. Ravi took the jab in their respective District Hospitals on Monday in…
‘I am vaccinated, what about you?’: DC
February 9, 2021Sets 85% target for District Mysore/Mysuru: “I have taken COVID-19 vaccine and feeling good with no side effects. Now, it is your turn.” This was the message given by Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri to the staff of Revenue Department. She was addressing a meeting of District Task Force Committee (DTFC) on immunisation in which heads…
MCC Commissioner and ZP CEO take COVID shot
February 9, 2021Fresh stock of 20,000 Covishield doses arrive Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde and Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer B.A. Paramesh were the prominent officers in district to get vaccinated on the second day of vaccination drive for frontline workers this morning. While Hegde was vaccinated at Trauma Centre of Mysore Medical College and…
COVID vaccination for frontline workers begins: Mysuru DC Rohini Sindhuri takes shot
February 8, 2021Six Centres opened at Trauma Care Centre, three in District Hospital 16,657 beneficiaries in Mysuru District to receive shot till Feb. 10 Mysore/Mysuru: After vaccinating 52 percent of healthcare workers, now it is the turn of frontline workers to receive the jab from today in the district. COVID-19 Immunisation Officer Dr. L. Ravi told Star…
COVID-19 vaccination for frontline workers to begin from tomorrow
February 7, 202117,000 beneficiaries register in district to take jab Plans to complete drive in 3 days Mysore/Mysuru: After vaccinating around 52 percent of healthcare workers, the vaccination of about 17,000 frontline workers would begin in Mysuru district from tomorrow (Feb. 8). “Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Jawaid Akhtar held a video-conference with heads of all Departments concerned…
Tepid response by healthcare workers for vaccination shocks Health Dept. officials
February 6, 2021Only 19,219 got the shot as against 36,664 beneficiaries Mysore/Mysuru: With 52 percent of healthcare workers getting vaccinated during first round of vaccination drive till yesterday in Mysuru district, the Health Department officers are planning to wrap up in next two to three days without waiting for others to get it. From Jan. 16 to…
Sample survey underway in city to elicit people’s views on COVID-19 vaccines
February 2, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: To elicit people’s opinion about the two vaccines, Covaxin and Covishield approved by Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for emergency recently, the students and staff of Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Mysuru, have taken up a sample survey in city. “We have taken up this sample survey in Nazarbad area which…
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