Tag: COVID-19

COVID: Medical kits must reach home isolated within 1 hour
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COVID: Medical kits must reach home isolated within 1 hour

May 15, 2021

Govt. to procure 5 lakh kits Bengaluru: In order to provide medical isolation kits to the home isolated, 5 lakh kits will be procured. Steps will be taken to ensure these kits reach the doorstep of the infected person within one hour of getting the RT-PCR test result, said Deputy Chief Minister and State COVID…

Popularise Covid Mitra in rural areas: DC
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Popularise Covid Mitra in rural areas: DC

May 15, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri has called upon officers to take the help of ASHA  and Anganwadi workers to popularise the concept of Covid Mitra in rural areas by visiting every houses in the District. Reviewing the Covid situation in the District at Zilla Panchayat auditorium here yesterday, she said they must examine whether those…

Minister hints at extension of COVID lockdown beyond May 24
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Minister hints at extension of COVID lockdown beyond May 24

May 15, 2021

Bengaluru: As the second wave of the deadly COVID -19 pandemic continues to rage across the State, the Karnataka Government is said to be mulling on extending the COVID lockdown beyond May 24. Giving a hint in this regard, Revenue Minister R. Ashok who spoke to presspersons after attending a programme in the State capital…

Mysurean heads IISc’s Oxygen Concentrator team
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Mysurean heads IISc’s Oxygen Concentrator team

May 15, 2021

Low-cost, yet technologically superior machine better than Chinese concentrators Mysore/Mysuru: The Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bengaluru, a premier Science Institute of India, is supporting the nation in its battle against COVID-19 by developing an Oxygen Concentrator of 10 litres per minute (LPM) capacity which is being tested for its clinical validation at Bangalore Medical…

Surging toll forces MCC to scramble for firewood
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Surging toll forces MCC to scramble for firewood

May 15, 2021

Corporation officials appeal to donors, voluntary organisations to donate firewood Mysore/Mysuru: Grim prospects of a rise in the number of COVID deaths in Mysuru has sent civic authorities scrambling for resources for conducting funerals in a dignified manner and also minimising inconvenience to the families. On an average, 10 persons are losing their battle with…

Mass cremations: A first in Mysuru
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Mass cremations: A first in Mysuru

May 15, 2021

Heart-breaking scenes at Jodi Thenginamara Road cremation site Mysore/Mysuru: While people losing loved ones to COVID-19 turning to makeshift facilities that are undertaking mass burials and cremations as crematoriums come under pressure is a common scene in cities like Bengaluru and Delhi, Mysuru witnessed its first mass cremation yesterday at the burial ground at Jodi…

TVS Company Trust donates 135 Oxygen Concentrators
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TVS Company Trust donates 135 Oxygen Concentrators

May 15, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Coming to the help of the district administration during COVID crisis, Srinivasan Services Trust of well-known auto manufacturer TVS Motor Company, which has a manufacturing facility near Kadakola in the district, has donated 135 Oxygen Concentrators to the district administration. The machines were handed over to District Minister S.T. Somashekar and Deputy Commissioner Rohini…

Corona patient dies: Relatives assault docs
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Corona patient dies: Relatives assault docs

May 15, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Doctors and a Security Guard of Emergency Ward in K.R. Hospital were allegedly assaulted by a group of people following death of a Covid patient on Thursday. A 55-year-old person was admitted to the Hospital for Corona treatment on Wednesday, but he died on Thursday evening. The family members and relatives of the deceased,…

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Pandemic Politics

May 15, 2021

Yesterday, Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri, for the first time reacted to the clean chit given to her by the three-member probe Committee of the Karnataka High Court regarding Chamarajanagar tragedy.  She said, “The Committee has cleared the name of Mysuru District Administration and several baseless and motivated statements had put a black mark on…

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