New Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has said that if everything goes well, India would get a vaccine against the Novel Coronavirus by the end of this year. Three COVID-19 vaccine candidates, including two indigenous ones, are in different phases of development in India. Phase-one human clinical trials of the two indigenous COVID-19…
Awareness campaign, Seminar, Award Presentation
August 24, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Akhila Karnataka Sri Shivasharana Madara Channaiah Vichara Vedike and Lions Club of Bangalore Sandalwood Celebrities have jointly organised awareness campaign on ‘Containing the spread of Coronavirus’ at select 42 Wards in the city from Aug.24 to 28. Also, a Seminar on ‘Effects of Coronavirus and future challenges’ and ‘Corona Warriors Seva Sindhu Award’ presentation…
A Wounded Healer: The experience of a Covid doctor
August 24, 2020By Dr. Keerthana Rajkumar, MD, M.Sc (Cardiology) It was 2 pm on a hot and humid afternoon in Vellore. I was slightly late for my shift. Hustling through the hospital corridors, suddenly I felt uneasy. In my head I was going over the sequence in which I had to ‘don’ my PPE. My mother’s voice…
COVID warrior’s suicide: State-wide doctors’ strike called off
August 23, 2020To resume duty from tomorrow Mysore/Mysuru: The State-wide protest by doctors over the suicide of Nanjangud Taluk Health Officer Dr. S.R. Nagendra has been withdrawn following the decision by the State unit of Karnataka Government Medical Officers Association. The Mysuru unit of the Association too has withdrawn from the strike and doctors will report to…
Govt. issues oxygen therapy guidelines amid COVID-19 surge
August 23, 2020Bengaluru: Amid surge of Coronavirus cases in Karnataka, the State Health Department has recognised that unnecessary excessive oxygen therapy is being administered to patients, compelling it to issue guidelines on use of the gas, an official said yesterday. In the event of oxygen saturation level being greater than or equal to 94 percent in a…
KSRTC Volvo buses yet to hit the streets post lockdown relaxation
August 23, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Three months after the State-run KSRTC resumed operation of buses following relaxation in COVID-19 enforced nationwide lockdown, Volvo Air-Conditioned (AC) Luxury buses of Mysuru Rural Division are yet to hit the streets due to poor commuter patronisation. As there is a common assumption that the deadly Novel Coronavirus is airbone and an AC system…
KSRTC experiments with new seating arrangement in Rajahamsa bus
August 23, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The KSRTC, badly hit by the pandemic, has started experimenting with the alignment of seats in its fleet of buses to help passengers maintain distance from each other. It has reduced seats in quite a few of its Rajahamsa fleet from 39 to 29 by rearranging them so that there are three seats instead…
Shooting of films, TV serials to resume
August 23, 2020New Delhi: Ever since the Coronavirus outbreak and imposed lockdown in the country, shootings of various films and television shows have been put on halt. After approximately three months, the shooting in certain States resumed keeping in mind all the necessary precautions. And now, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting (I&B), Prakash Javadekar this morning…
Nanjangud Taluk Health Officer Dr. S.R. Nagendra ends life
August 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Nanjangud Taluk Health Officer (THO) Dr. S.R. Nagendra (43), committed suicide by hanging self at his residence in Alanahalli here yesterday. Nagendra who was reportedly under pressure to ramp up COVID-19 testing in the taluk, is said to have not taken leave since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March. Dr. Nagendra was…
Yet another Swab Testing Centre opened at K.R. Constituency
August 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to contain the rapid spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus), another Swab Testing Centre has been opened at Karnataka Public School premises, behind Somani College in Kuvempunagar, which was launched by K.R. Constituency MLA S.A. Ramdas yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Ramdas said that this testing centre would be helpful for people of…
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