Mandya: Mandya Lok Sabha MP Sumalatha Ambarish tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, July 6. Confirming the same, she tweeted, “It (test result) is positive with very mild symptoms and I have been advised home treatment,” she confirmed. “I had developed mild symptoms of headache and throat irritation on Saturday, July 4. I decided to…
COVID-19 recovered woman instills confidence among public
July 6, 2020By Pavan Murthy Mysore/Mysuru: With the entire country engaged in battling the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, here is a story of a woman patient from Mysuru who recovered from the disease recently. At a time when most recovered patients,who most of the times carry with them a social stigma for having contracted the virus, refuse…
No mask, pay fine Rs. 200 in city; Rs. 100 in rural areas
July 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Do not head out of your homes without wearing a mask as the MCC and city Police have launched a joint operation to impose fines on people for not wearing masks. The spiralling COVID-19 cases and lack of safety sense among residents has forced authorities to take this step. A fine of Rs. 200…
10,100-bed COVID-care facility comes up in Bengaluru
July 6, 2020Bengaluru: A massive COVID-Care Centre with over 10,100 beds is set to be opened at the Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) in Bengaluru. It is set to be the largest COVID-Care Centre and will house COVID-19 patients who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. Civic officials said the 10,100-bedded facility will be the country’s largest….
Virus-linked death: Kodagu DC to follow protocol
July 6, 2020Meets religious leaders; lists Standard Operating Procedures for dignified last rites of COVID-19 victims Madikeri: Following viral visuals of COVID-19 victims being denied dignity in death in some parts of the State, Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Annies Kanmani Joy has sought co-operation from various religious heads to conduct the last rites in a dignified manner and…
COVID steals sound of music, anklets in cultural capital
July 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Our city is popularly known as cultural capital of Karnataka, but ever since pandemic outbreak, art and cultural activities in city have come to a standstill. Most of the auditoriums and music halls have locked their doors while the income of artistes has plummeted. Not long ago, music halls in city were filled with…
Don’t leave Bengaluru, appeals Home Minister
July 6, 2020Bengaluru: With hundreds of people exiting Bengaluru a day before Sunday curfew fearing a second lockdown as the number of COVID-19 cases continued to increase, the Karnataka government on Sunday asked people to remain calm, not harbour apprehensions and urged them to continue living in the city. “We are seeing reports that a lot of…
Law for mandatory home isolation of people aged above 60
July 6, 2020Bengaluru: Rising number of COVID cases in Bengaluru has forced Karnataka Government to come up with a law to make home isolation of people aged above 60 years mandatory. Priority is now for people with symptoms. And people aged above 60 years and are asymptomatic will have to be quarantined, Medical Education Minister Dr. K….
CFTRI signs MoU with Schevaran Labs
July 6, 2020To develop efficient environment-friendly and cost-effective quality products post-COVID Mysore/Mysuru: CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, has signed an MoU with Schevaran Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Mysuru, recently making way forward for collaborative avenues towards the development of personal hygiene, cleaning and related industrial products and solutions. In the post-COVID scenario, both the organisations have…
COVID-19 effect in Bengaluru: Lalbagh Flower Show cancelled
July 6, 2020Bengaluru: With the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continuing to cause havoc across the globe, the Government has decided to cancel the Independence Day Flower Show at Bengaluru’s Lalbagh next month. Even as COVID-19 positive cases continue to rise alarmingly in Bengaluru, the Horticulture Department which organises the popular Lalbagh Flower Show for about a week…
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