Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru reported 49 fresh COVID-19 positive cases this morning taking the total number of infected persons to 638. Total active cases in Mysuru District are 302 and they are being treated at the designated hospitals. Till yesterday, 322 patients have been discharged and yesterday’s patient discharge count stands at 18. In all, 14 persons…
Virus scare: Entry to parks, stadiums, playgrounds restricted
July 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Already cooped up most of the day in their homes to fight COVID-19, hundreds of city residents woke up this morning to find themselves deprived of one of the few simple pleasures left: A walk inside sprawling parks in their neighbourhood. The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has decided to restrict public movement inside parks,…
MCC Main Office to open for public from tomorrow
July 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Main Office on Sayyaji Rao Road, which had been temporarily shut down yesterday and today, will be functioning from tomorrow. The city’s Civic Body was sealed down yesterday morning after an employee of the Health Section was tested positive. Following seal down, the entire office premises and surroundings were…
City Court complexes closed for two days
July 8, 2020Health Department staff undertake disinfection of both buildings Mysore/Mysuru: The old and new Law Court complexes in city will remain closed for two days as the Health Department staff are undertaking spraying of disinfectant as one of the advocates has tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19). The District Judge had sought permission from the High Court…
District Administration takes over defunct Vikram Hospital in city
July 8, 2020Reserves facility to provide COVID treatment for VIPs, officials; Instructs MUDA to take up cleaning works; Authority to complete task in three days Mysore/Mysuru: Vikram Jeshta Hospital on Vivekanada Road in Yadavagiri, which is being cleaned by the staff of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) on directions from the Deputy Commissioner (DC) since yesterday, will…
Traders of Hunsur, Hassan go in for self-imposed lockdown
July 8, 2020Hunsur/ Hassan: With COVID-19 (Coronavirus) spreading rapidly and increase in COVID positive cases, the traders of Hunsur and Hassan, who held a meeting with the public at their respective places recently, have decided to close the shops in the afternoons. According to the decision taken at the meetings, the traders of Hunsur will close their…
‘Will resign en masse if salaries not hiked’
July 8, 2020K.R. and Cheluvamba Hospitals’ Staff Nurses register protest by wearing black arm bands while on duty Mysore/Mysuru: About 150 Staff Nurses of K.R. Hospital and Cheluvamba Hospital, who were protesting since two days for hike in their stipend, resumed work by wearing black arm bands this morning. B. Ravi, one of the Staff Nurses, said…
Contract doctors’ services to be regularised: Minister
July 8, 2020Bengaluru: The State Government will take up the issue of regularisation of services of 600 contract doctors during the next Cabinet meeting, said Health Minister B. Sriramulu. Salaries of the doctors on contract were recently raised to Rs. 60,000 from Rs. 45,000 after they threatened to quit. The doctors, who met Sriramulu to submit their…
State Health Department warns Private Labs against commercial exploitation over Covid tests
July 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The State Health Department officials have warned the private diagnostic laboratories against commercially exploiting the general public while conducting Covid-19 tests. Following reports of large scale violation by private labs while charging Coronavirus testing fee, State Health Department officials have issued a warning stating that if private laboratories charge more than the prescribed limit,…
61 fresh COVID-19 positive cases in Mysuru
July 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru reported 61 fresh COVID-19 positive cases today (July 8) and recorded four deaths yesterday. The total number of deaths has now risen to 12. According to the State media bulletin released yesterday, the total positives till last evening stood at 530. With 61 fresh cases, the number will go up to 591. Till…
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