Madikeri: With the district reeling under a surge in COVID positive cases for the past few days, Kodagu District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. Mohan Kumar has asked the people to be alert and cautious atleast for the next 15 days. Speaking to presspersons here on Sunday, Dr. Mohan said that Kodagu district has 6.5 lakh…
Violation of COVID-19 guidelines: 552 cases registered, Rs. 88,900 fine imposed
May 4, 2021711 vehicles seized on May 2, 3 Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Police, who are keeping a watch on city to check unnecessary movement of people and also ensuring that people follow COVID-19 guidelines, issued by the State Government have seized a total of 711 vehicles besides registering 552 cases on those violating the guidelines and…
COVID Isolation Care Centre opens in Gokulam
May 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Adding one more COVID Care facility in city, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha inaugurated a 64-bed Isolation Care Centre at International Youth Hostel building in Gokulam here this morning. The Centre, headed by Physician Dr. M.R. Aiyappa, will have three other doctors, 6 staff nurses and 6 house-keeping staff. Speaking on the occasion, Pratap Simha…
MCC hunts for new sites for cremation, burial
May 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Long queues of dead bodies in ambulances and hearses outside major crematoriums are becoming a familiar scene in bigger cities like Bengaluru as the State Capital is reporting increasing number of COVID deaths. Though the situation is not as grim in Mysuru, unabated death of people here has forced the authorities of Mysuru City…
24 COVID patients die in Chamarajanagar
May 3, 2021Patient relatives allege mismanagement; CM calls for emergency meeting tomorrow Chamarajanagar: Over 24 COVID-19 patients died in Chamarajanagar and according to the District Administration as many as 12 patients died due to lack of oxygen as the hospital ran short of supply of the critical gas and other patients died due to various co-morbidities. The…
DC visits War Room at midnight to check Covid preparedness
May 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of surge in COVID-19 cases in Mysuru, Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri paid a surprise visit to the COVID War Room located at the new DC Office complex on Mysuru-Bannur Road in Siddarthanagar during midnight to see its functioning. She has been visiting the War Room for the last few days and…
Govt. Officer turns ambulance driver, wins hearts
May 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: At a time when loved ones are made to do arrangements on their own to shift the dead bodies of COVID victims and at a time when some ambulance drivers in other cities have turned gold-diggers by extracting money from hapless relatives to shift bodies, here is a Government Officer who himself turned an…
Hunger Heroes – Serpentine queues even before free food counters open
May 3, 2021Many donors come forward to donate cooked food packets to ease hunger pangs Mysore/Mysuru: Times of crisis brings out the best in us. As Karnataka goes through the COVID-induced curfew till May 12, every day people are turning into real life heroes — who are ensuring that the poor, migrant labourers and daily wage workers…
Hotspot villages in Mandya district sealed
May 3, 2021Mandya: With the district witnessing a sudden surge in COVID cases and a rise in the number of deaths, the Mandya district administration has started seal-down of villages, which have turned out as Corona Hotspots in the past couple of days. The seal-down of Hotspot villages has started in Mandya, Srirangapatna and Pandavapura taluks, which…
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