Tag: COVID-19

Government revises summer holidays for Schools
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Government revises summer holidays for Schools

May 6, 2021

Bengaluru: As the State is witnessing steady surge in COVID cases, the Government on Wednesday revised summer holidays for Schools. Primary and Secondary Education Minister Suresh Kumar said that the new academic year for Primary Schools will commence from June 15, after the conclusion of summer holidays on June 14 as announced earlier.  Pointing out…

Oxygen demand up
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Oxygen demand up

May 5, 2021

No liquid medical oxygen manufacturers in Mysuru but there are five refilling plants  K.R. Hospital itself requires 12 tonnes of oxygen daily to treat c Mysuru: Thanks to rapid surge in COVID positive cases, the demand for life-saving medical oxygen has increased. The District Administration has already requested the State Government for 20 Kilo Litre…

Mysuru to get required oxygen supply soon: Minister Somashekar
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Mysuru to get required oxygen supply soon: Minister Somashekar

May 5, 2021

 Mysuru:  District Minister S.T. Somashekar said that Mysuru district needed 48 KL of oxygen per day and the required oxygen supply will be made available soon.  Addressing presspersons in city after COVID-19 review meeting of Chamaraja Assembly segment at Jaladarshini Guest House this morning, he said the Government on Tuesday  had constituted a Committee headed…

Kodagu comes to a grinding halt on first day of lockdown
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Kodagu comes to a grinding halt on first day of lockdown

May 5, 2021

Madikeri: On the first day of the weekly five day complete lockdown, the hilly district of Kodagu came to a grinding halt after 12 noon on Tuesday as all shops and establishments were shut. Due to sudden spike in COVID -19 cases in the district, the Kodagu district administration had ordered total lockdown in the…

Cap on RT-PCR test planned
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Cap on RT-PCR test planned

May 5, 2021

Docs to decide test for patients Priority for those taking second dose  Mysuru: The District Administration is learnt to have decided to put a cap on number of RT-PCR test daily at 3,500 for the whole district to put brakes on advance booking of Corona positive patients with very mild symptoms. This was decided at…

Chemists Association to door deliver medicines
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Chemists Association to door deliver medicines

May 5, 2021

Mysuru:  As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage, Mysuru City and District Retail Chemists Association has said that it will door deliver medicines to those who are in home isolation and aged persons. In a press release, the Association said that it was committed for dispensing medicines to the members of the public by following…

Crowd Concern: Sub-Registrar offices turning out to be COVID hotspots
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Crowd Concern: Sub-Registrar offices turning out to be COVID hotspots

May 4, 2021

People continue to flood markets and public places Mysore/Mysuru: The mandatory COVID-19 protocols are going for a toss every day in Mysuru despite lockdown-like measures, causing concern.  These crowds, with barely any mask and no social distancing can prove to be super-spreaders. In fact, crowds, in their enthusiasm to purchase essentials, are tending to forget…

IPL-2021 suspended indefinitely
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IPL-2021 suspended indefinitely

May 4, 2021

New Delhi: The Indian Premier League Governing Council (IPL GC) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in an emergency meeting this afternoon unanimously decided to postpone IPL 2021, with immediate effect after several players and support staff tested positive for COVID-19. “The tournament has been suspended indefinitely. We will try to conduct…

Villagers block road to Paschimavahini
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Villagers block road to Paschimavahini

May 4, 2021

Residents take matter into their own hands as people continue to perform rituals in connivance with some priests Srirangapatna: Family members of a COVID victim who had come to Srirangapatna (Gosai Ghat) from Bengaluru to immerse the ashes were turned away by villagers this morning.  The family was told that the Taluk Administration had banned…

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