Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar inaugurated the new COVID-19 rapid testing facility set up in Mysuru Medical College and Research Institute’s (MMC&RI) Microbiology Department Block in K.R. Hospital premises this morning. The new facility is set up exclusively for rapid testing of blood and throat swab samples of pregnant women, patients found with…
Mysore/Mysuru: With the State Government announcing complete lockdown of the State on all Sundays from July 5 till Aug. 2 as a measure to contain the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the city will witness a shut down for the entire day tomorrow. Accordingly, there will be no public transport, including KSRTC buses, auto,…
Madikeri: Kodagu district has topped the chart in the State in the tests against COVID-19 per million population in the last 10 days. The district did 4,539 tests per million population which is higher than Bengaluru Urban and Mysuru which have reported a big surge in cases over the last few days. District administration officials…
In a hurry to reach home by 6 pm, vehicles pile up on city roads Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru city responded well for the first day of the dusk to dawn curfew (from 6 pm to 5 am) that began last evening. While shops and business establishments sent their staff home at 5 pm, dine-in hotels wound…
Rues auto driver Shekhar who has driver-passenger separation screen, handwash and hand-sanitiser in his auto Mysore/Mysuru: Even weeks after auto-rickshaws were allowed to ply on the roads, most of the auto-rickshaw drivers are complaining that there are no takers for the ride at all. Lack of work has worried Shekhar, an auto-rickshaw driver from Agrahara,…
New Delhi: The JEE and NEET examinations for admission to undergraduate engineering and medical courses respectively have been postponed to September due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The exams had been scheduled for the second half of July. “Keeping in mind the safety of students and to ensure quality education we have decided to postpone JEE…
Mysore/Mysuru: With the number of COVID-19 positive cases rising by the day in the district, MUDA (Mysuru Urban Development Authority) has set up a help desk at its main gate in order to regulate entry of public to the office, with effect from today. MUDA Commissioner D.B. Natesh told Star of Mysore that the MUDA…
Pune: A resident of Pimpri-Chinchwad of Pune district, Shankar Kurade, has got himself a mask made of gold worth Rs. 2.89 lakh amid the Coronavirus pandemic. “It’s a thin mask with minute holes so that there is no difficulty in breathing. I am not sure whether this mask will be effective,” said Kurade. Kurade loves…
Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of COVID-19 outbreak in city, Ayurveda doctors working for AYUSH Department distributed immunity-boosting AYUSH medicines to Government employees at City Central Library recently. Doctors of AYUSH Department, Mysuru, including Dr. Raghavendra and Dr. Swarnalatha, under the guidance of Mysuru District AYUSH Officer Dr. Seethalakshmi, distributed immunity-boosting AYUSH medicines to employees of…
As the lockdown continues in its various forms and formats, and as COVID-19 changes its strains so also its symptoms, it’s turning people into hypochondriacs — worried about every itch, snitch and sneeze. Initially, we were told to look out for chronic dry cough, followed by fever and then difficulty in breathing — very obvious…
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