Mysuru/Mysore: Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram Sankar said that Mysuru will get 2,200 units of Rapid Antigen Kits to test patients. Polyclinics and dispensaries in New Delhi are allowed to conduct rapid antigen tests to enhance screening for Covid-19 infections in the national capital. The same system is being followed in Bengaluru too and now will…
District Administration explores option to control virus spread
July 11, 2020Mini-lockdown likely in some areas of N.R. Constituency, says DC Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration is exploring various options to control COVID-19 spread and the options include imposing a mini-lockdown in some areas of Narasimharaja (N.R.) Constituency where many Coronavirus positive cases are reported on a daily basis. The lockdown decision will be taken after…
Guidelines for establishing COVID Care Centres
July 11, 2020Managed by RWAs, AOAs, Companies in their own premises Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government is establishing COVID Care Centres (CCCs) for isolation and management of asymptomatic and mild symptomatic COVID-19 cases in Government/ private institutions like Ashrams, Exhibition Centres, Bhavans, etc. In this context, a number of Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs)/ Apartments Owners Associations (AOAs) have…
UG, PG exams cancelled; only final exams in September
July 11, 2020Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government has cancelled all intermediate exams of University and College in view of the increasing COVID-19 cases in the State. Graduation, post-graduation exams will be conducted only for final semester students. All intermediate semester students except medical students will be promoted. All intermediate semester students pursuing a degree (BA, B.Sc., B.Com., etc.),…
City Pharmacists told to get ready with COVID-care kits
July 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With a surge in COVID-19 cases in cities like Mumbai and New Delhi, many private hospitals have begun care packages for Coronavirus patients who are in home isolation, offering remote monitoring by nurses and doctors and medical care kits that will help detect if their condition deteriorates. Such medical care kits, prepared by local…
COVID-19 sample test centres in all Primary Health Centres: DHO
July 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration is exploring the option of opening COVID-19 sample test centres in all Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in city as the infection rate is showing a northward trend. District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. R. Venkatesh told reporters during an event at his office in Nazarbad yesterday that throat swab samples will…
Care centres being readied for COVID-19 infected MCC employees
July 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Days after a Health Section employee tested positive for the deadly COVID-19, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is gearing up for establishing a special care centre for its employees as five of its staff, including a Health Inspector and a case worker, have tested positive. The MCC is also awaiting the Lab reports of…
Chamundeshwari and Uttanahalli Temples shut for devotees on July 13, 14 and 17
July 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As a precautionary measure to stop the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus), the district administration has banned the entry of devotees to Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill and Tripura Sundari Amma Temple at Uttanahalli in the taluk on July 10, 13, 14 and 17. In an order issued on Thursday, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar…
ASHA workers boycott work, begin indefinite Statewide stir
July 10, 2020Mysuru: One of the chain-links in the State’s battle against the deadly COVID-19 seemed to have broken today, as ASHA workers, who are among the frontline warriors, boycotted work and began an indefinite Statewide stir seeking fulfilment of their various demands, which chiefly included payment of monthly honorarium of Rs.12,000. Pointing out that there are…
MCC Main Office and Law Courts to re-open on Monday
July 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The MCC Main Office on Sayyaji Rao road, which was shutdown on Tuesday after a staff tested COVID-19 positive and the District Law Courts Complex and the New Court Complex at Malalawadi in Jayanagar, which were shut on Wednesday after an advocate tested positive, will re-open on Monday. MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde said that…
Recent Comments