Mysore/Mysuru: As part of Kargil Vijay Diwas today and to meet the growing demand for blood components due to COVID-19 pandemic, Columbia Asia Hospital’s doctors and staff members volunteered and donated blood. The hospital took this initiative in order to spread awareness and urge everyone to play their role in saving lives during the pandemic….
Mysuru to get 10,000 Rapid Antigen Kits
July 25, 2020Each taluk will get 1,000 kits and Mysuru city will get 3,000, says DC Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru will get over 10,000 Rapid Antigen Kits to scale up the testing process. These kits will be distributed to all taluks and Mysuru city will get 3,000 kits. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G….
Govt. asks final year MBBS, PG students to report for Covid duty
July 25, 2020Along with direct recruitment, the final year students of Lab Technician courses, Science students of RGUHS and volunteers will be given proper training before assigning Covid duties to them. Bengaluru: The State Government has directed final year students of MBBS, PG Medical and Super-specialty students to report for Covid duty to meet shortage of healthcare…
Sheep traders lean on cyber world to meet Bakrid demand
July 25, 2020Less crowd in traditional markets in city that are usually teeming with buyers and animal sellers Traders report lack of sales during COVID times; even regular customers shying to come out for open trade Mysore/Mysuru: With less than 10 days to go for Bakrid, bleating of goats has been resonating in the cyber world and…
281 fresh COVID-19 positive cases in Mysuru; 6 deaths
July 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: After periodically reporting 100, 150 and 169 COVID-19 positive cases, Mysuru yesterday broke a record with 281 cases in a single day. With the latest number, it stood second in the State after Bengaluru Urban whose COVID infections today stand at 2,267. In fact, Mysuru has breached the 2,000 mark and the cumulative positive…
State slashes rates of COVID-19 testing
July 25, 2020Bengaluru: In the wake of Coronavirus raging across the State, the Karnataka Government on Friday further lowered RT-PCR (Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction) test rates to Rs. 2,000 for testing of Government samples in Private Laboratories. The Government also capped the rate for testing of private samples in Private Laboratories, including screening test and confirmatory…
I will head N.R. Constituency COVID Task Force: Tanveer Sait
July 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Nearly a week after Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha was made the head of N.R. Constituency Task Force, Narasimharaja Congress MLA Tanveer Sait said that he is getting active from today and will head the Task Force from today itself. Speaking to press-persons after meeting Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G.Sankar at the DC’s office here this…
COVID closure: Gym owners urge Government to lift ban
July 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Inter-District Gymnasium Owners Association has urged the Government to lift the ban on the opening of Gyms, which were closed over four months ago due to COVID-19 pandemic . Addressing a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan here yesterday, Association Hon. President K. Vishwanath urged the Government to lift the ban and facilitate re-opening …
Grocery kits distributed to Auto Drivers, Pourakarmikas
July 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Corporator J. Gopi distributed grocery kits to Auto Drivers, Pourakarmikas and other workers engaged in unorganised sectors, living in T.K. Layout and surrounding areas in city. Over 180 residents living in locked down areas of T.K. Layout and surrounding areas received grocery kits containing rice, wheat flour, rava, sugar, cooking oil, salt and lentils…
Youth dies on his birthday
July 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In what can be called as a quirk of fate, a 23-year-old youth from Nanjangud, who was suffering from infectious gangrene, died on his birthday on Thursday, reportedly due to COVID-19. The youth, a resident of Basavanagudi extension in Nanjangud town, was suffering from severe diabetes and was admitted to a Private Hospital in…
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