Karnataka Health Minister recently raised a storm when he said “Only God can save us.” Of course, no one bothered with the other part of his statement where he said “Awareness among the people is the only way.” Probably what he meant was, how can a Government protect its people if the people don’t want…
Over 30 COVID-19 patients untraceable in city
July 25, 2020Officials find it tough to trace those who tested positive due to incorrect contact details Henceforth, Aadhaar Card, Voter ID or PAN Card mandatory before swab collection Mysore/Mysuru: Over 25 to 30 COVID-19 patients in city who were sent to home quarantine are untraceable as they had given wrong contact numbers to the monitoring officials…
When DC himself gets a quarantine violation call…
July 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A man from Hebbal, while giving his contact details at a throat and nasal swab collection centre in city, hoodwinked the officials and gave a wrong telephone number. He did this to dodge COVID-19 quarantine and isolation rules. In his attempt to fool the officers, the man blurted out a phone number that actually…
281 fresh COVID-19 positive cases in Mysuru; 6 deaths
July 24, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: After periodically reporting 100, 150 and 169 COVID-19 positive cases, Mysuru today (July 24) has broken a record with 281 cases in a single day. With the latest number, it stands second in the State today after Bengaluru Urban whose COVID infections today stand at 2,267. In fact, Mysuru has breached the 2,000 mark…
MP inaugurates Comprehensive COVID Care at Bibi Ayesha Milli Hospital
July 24, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha, who heads COVID-19 Task Force for Narasimharaja Assembly Constituency, this morning inaugurated the Comprehensive COVID Care facility set up at Bibi Ayesha Milli Hospital (BAMH) on Old Mysuru-Bengaluru Road. The Hospital has been converted into a modern 75-bed hospital and can be extended to 100 beds. Bibi Ayesha Milli Hospital…
Fearing COVID-19, Nanjangud villagers force relatives to take dead body back to Bengaluru
July 24, 202081-year-old man, a distant relative of former Vice-President B.D. Jatti, denied burial in his hometown Nanjangud: Families bereaved by COVID-19 are often unable to bid a dignified farewell to their loved ones as neighbours, friends and relatives avoid them due to stigma and fear of infections. A number of instances of people shunning the time-honoured…
Mysuru district reports eight deaths, 116 fresh cases on Thursday
July 24, 2020Mandya sees 50 new cases and two deaths, Kodagu reports 22 and Chamarajanagar sees 27 fresh cases Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru district yesterday reported 116 fresh COVID cases bringing the total number of positive cases to 2,169. A total of 731patients have been discharged so far including 38 patients yesterday. There are 1,345 active cases in the…
Chamarajanagar ADC joins COVID victim burial team
July 24, 2020Chamarajanagar: At a time when the Corona Warriors are risking their lives in their fight against the pandemic and at a time when a decent last rites is being denied for people dying due to COVID-19, Chamarajanagar Additional Deputy Commissioner C.L. Ananda went a step ahead to boost the morale of Corona Warriors. He led…
Ramdas launches COVID-19 test centres in KR Assembly Constituency
July 24, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With an aim to bring down COVID-19 death rate to zero in Krishnaraja (K.R.) Assembly segment, MLA S.A. Ramdas, who represents the Constituency, inaugurated a throat swab collection centre to test for COVID-19, at Makkala Koota premises in Krishnamurthypuram here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Ramdas said that the centre has been opened as…
Devotees banned from entering temples on Shravana Saturdays
July 24, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As a measure to control the spread of COVID-19, the District Administration has banned entry of devotees to Kote Anjaneyaswamy temple in front of the Palace North Gate, Sri Rama Temple at Chunchanakatte in K.R.Nagar taluk and all other temples coming under Muzrai Department and Private Managements, on all Saturdays during Shravana Masa (Month),…
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