Beneficiaries: Healthcare, frontline workers and those over 60 years of age with comorbidities Mysore/Mysuru: From tomorrow, Jan. 10, Mysuru will start administering the precautionary (booster) dose of the vaccine to the eligible population. The precautionary COVID-19 vaccine dose will be given to healthcare and frontline workers — including Police, Revenue Department, Rural Development and Panchayat…
Weekend curfew: Sunday sees surge in movement of people
January 9, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The second day of the 55-hour-long weekend curfew, saw a surge in movement of people across the city this morning as compared to yesterday, as residents ventured out of their homes for shopping of essential commodities and for essential services. The weekend curfew enforced by the Government in the wake of surging COVID cases,…
City traders disappointed as customers fail to turn up
January 9, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Though essential commodities and services have been kept out of the weekend curfew driven by COVID pandemic, provision stores, ration shops and other shops selling essential commodities, are a disappointed lot as customers failed to turn up yesterday as expected during the curfew period. Essential commodities shops and provision shops located in Central Business…
Surge in COVID cases keeps officials on toes
January 8, 2022DC visits COVID Care Centre at Mandakalli; 200 beds readied Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru yesterday reported a single-day spike with 219 new cases of COVID-19 and two new COVID clusters. Clusters have been reported for the first time in the last one-and-a-half years after the initial one that was reported from Nanjangud. On Thursday, only 65 cases…
Health Officers hold dry run to face third wave
January 8, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Health Officers of Mysuru are holding a series of preparedness meetings to face the COVID third wave and at the same time tackle Omicron infections. A day after Mysuru reported a steep spike in COVID infections — 65 on Jan. 6 to 219 on Jan. 7 — the District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. K.H….
Weekend curfew: People stay indoors
January 8, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The usually busy and buzzing Central Business District wore a near-deserted look this morning on the first day of the weekend curfew in the new year. Though grocery, provision, vegetables, food shops and other essential services shops were open in Shivarampet, Santhepet, D. Devaraj Urs Road, K.R. Circle etc., in the heart of the…
Health Minister rules out lockdown
January 8, 2022Bengaluru: While advocating a “duck and fight” strategy, Health Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar yesterday said the Government does not have any intentions of enforcing a lockdown despite increasing number of Covid cases. “The Government does not have any intention to clamp a lockdown. Lockdown was imposed in the State when there were no vaccines and…
District Minister seeks public co-operation for tackling COVID
January 8, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that it has become inevitable for the State Government to take some tight measures for checking the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, District Minister S.T. Somashekar has appealed the public for joining hands with the Government to eradicate the pandemic. In a press release issued on Friday in the wake of weekend…
First weekend curfew of 2022 from 10 pm today
January 7, 2022All major tourist attractions in Mysuru including Zoo, Palace, Rail Museum closed Mysore/Mysuru: The New Year’s first weekend curfew begins from 10 pm today and will be clamped till 5 am on Monday (Jan. 10). Severe restrictions have been imposed on movement of people, except in sectors exempted from the curfew — essential services, all…
Mask mandate: MCC, Police get cracking
January 7, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: After a nudge from the State Government and the District Administration to strongly deal with people without masks, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and the City Police have jointly begun an operation to levy fines. The intensified drive that began yesterday saw teams from MCC and the Police stopping pedestrians and motorists and issuing…
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