Madikeri: Taking yet another step to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) by conducting COVID testing on all symptomatic people, it has been decided to establish COVID testing laboratories at all taluk centres in the district. The decision in this regard was taken at the Zilla Panchayat (ZP) general meeting at the ZP auditorium in…
Mysuru reports 430 COVID positive cases and 9 deaths in a single day on July 30
July 31, 2020Mandya sees 87 new COVID cases, Kodagu reports 24 and Chamarajanagar reports 32 new positive cases Mysore/Mysuru: In a steep spike in the number of COVID-19 positive cases, Mysuru district reported 430 new Coronavirus infections yesterday bringing the total number of positive cases to 4,013, according to media bulletin. The increase in numbers has been…
Social Distance Please !
July 31, 2020Anxious DC’s appeal to people after rush in markets on Varamahalakshmi festival eve Mysore/Mysuru: Nothing gets India excited like the festivals do and it is a good thing. Although businesses have been experiencing a slump due to COVID-19, markets are witnessing a rush since the last two days due to the auspicious festival of Varamahalakshmi…
A safe and low-key Bakrid
July 31, 2020Children below 10 and people above 60 must mandatorily remain at homes: DC Mysore/Mysuru: This Bakrid (tomorrow) will be celebrated in a simple and symbolic manner in view of the Coronavirus pandemic. The State Government and District Administration has allowed Eid-ul-Azha prayers only in mosques, that too with a maximum of 50 people at a…
No vegetable sales at Dasara exhibition grounds
July 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Ending the confusion over sale of vegetables at Dasara Exhibition Grounds, MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde has clarified that retail sale of vegetables will not be allowed at the expo grounds. In a press release, the Commissioner said that in the wake of the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the MCC, following a direction…
Tragic twist in Mysuru’s COVID outbreak
July 31, 2020Husband isolated at Hospital, wife dies at Home Mysore/Mysuru: Tragedy struck a family in Mysuru where a woman was found dead inside her house while her husband is isolated at a COVID-19 Hospital. Though the incident occurred on July 27, it came to light now. The person who contracted the disease is an employee of…
Canara Bank offers Corona Kavach Policy
July 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Due to the quick spread of highly-infectious Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), panic-stricken people are feeling insecure and scrambling to take a health insurance cover. The steep rise in Covid cases has resulted in the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) to compel insurers to offer short-term Covid-specific health plans that will cover hospitalisation expenses related…
ASHA workers return to work
July 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Twenty days after boycotting work and seeking fulfilment of their various demands, ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activists) workers, who are among the frontline warriors in the Government’s efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, called off their strike and returned to work on Thursday. The ASHA workers were on strike since July 10. The…
A Medley of Covid Comedies!
July 31, 2020By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD As we have all been seeing over the past five months, all writings and discussions about the global Covid-19 pandemic have been of a very grim and serious nature without any exceptions. And, it is understandably so too as we have so far not received any heartening or even…
430 COVID-19 positive cases in Mysuru in a single day; 9 deaths
July 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a steep spike in the number of COVID-19 positive cases, Mysuru reported 430 Coronavirus infections on the evening of July 30. This is the highest so far. Nine deaths have been reported and 70 patients have been discharged today. With 430 cases in a single day, Mysuru has stood second in State today…















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