District Health Officer outlines strategy if COVID positive cases increase beyond 100 Mysore/Mysuru: The War Rooms, helplines, system of bed availability at the touch of a button, extra ICU/ HDU beds at hospitals, computer-controlled data flow, home isolation teams and COVID Care Centres that existed during the killer second wave would be revived in case…
Orders immediate and strict execution of Govt. guidelines DC MEETING HIGHLIGHTS No entry for unvaccinated to malls, theatres, hotels, Government offices Two-dose vaccination certificate must be mandatorily displayed Vaccination certificates can be printed or online, on mobiles Entry will be denied though tickets are booked in advance Cases will be filed against violators under Disaster…
New dates will be announced in the first week of Jan., 2022 Mysore/Mysuru: The discovery of Omicron Variant of the deadly Coronavirus in the country has had its effect on Mysuru too, as the city’s theatre repertory, Rangayana, has postponed the much awaited ‘Bahuroopi-2021’ National Theatre Festival, which was scheduled to take place from Dec….
Union Health Ministry issues a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the variant New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has said while there is no evidence to suggest that existing vaccines do not work on the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, some of the mutations reported may decrease the efficacy of the jabs. The Ministry…
CM, Health Minister hold a series of high-level meetings on the way forward Bengaluru: As Karnataka became the first State to report the first Omicron cases in India, the administrative machinery is on high alert and new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are likely to be announced. A 66-year-old South African national, who arrived in Bengaluru…
People irked; officials say all complaints are being checked Mysore/Mysuru: At a time when the country is grappling to counter the imminent threat of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 and largely unfulfilled vaccination targets, a bizarre scenario is being witnessed. Many people in Mysuru are receiving vaccination certificates without getting the jab at all. Take…
Washington: Dr. Vivek Murthy, the Indian-origin US Surgeon General, has urged parents world over to go for the Covid paediatric vaccine after his five-year-old son took the shot. “Like so many parents, I was thrilled and relieved when my 5-year-old son got his #COVID19 vaccine last week. He was a little nervous when the time…
Bengaluru: The State Government that had announced a compensation of Rs. 1 lakh each to families that have lost adult members to COVID-19 has tweaked the rule to give compensation only to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families. As many families were going through trying times following the death of earning members, the Government had announced…
Quarantine App, telemedicine facilities monitoring patient care to be reintroduced Bengaluru: Gearing up to handle a possible outbreak of Omicron, the State’s COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) met Health Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar in Bengaluru yesterday and submitted several recommendations including mandatory vaccination, screening of international passengers, compulsory RT-PCR test on arrival at the airports,…
Mysore/Mysuru: Urging the Government for payment of COVID risk allowance promised to them, hundreds of resident doctors took out a candle light march in city yesterday evening. Following the call given for the State-wide demonstration by Karnataka Association of Resident Doctors (KARD), an association of House Surgeons, Post-Graduates and Super-Speciality residents of Government Medical and…
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