Tag: COVID-19

Spurious sanitisers confiscated
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Spurious sanitisers confiscated

March 24, 2020

Mysuru/Mysore: With the demand for hand sanitisers increasing due to the Coronavirus scare, it has come to light that some people are trying to cash in on the soaring demand by selling spurious hand sanitisers in Mysuru. A person who was selling fake sanitizer in city has been arrested by Legal Metrology Department recently and…

Jail for lockdown violators: DC
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Jail for lockdown violators: DC

March 23, 2020

Second positive case reported in Mysuru; India’s tally jumps to 422, death toll at 7 MAJOR DECISIONS TO CURB COVID-19 150-bed District Hospital on KRS Road (Metagalli) will be converted into Emergency Virus Hospital All positive persons will be shifted to the District Hospital from K.R. Hospital Mysuru District Administration to take over B.M. Hospital…

People not taking Coronavirus lockdown seriously, rues PM
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People not taking Coronavirus lockdown seriously, rues PM

March 23, 2020

80 districts across the country fully shut New Delhi: A day after India observed 14-hour-long Janata Curfew, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to point out that people are still not taking the lockdown seriously. Several videos have emerged of people taking out rallies and crowding streets during the curfew on Sunday. “Many people…

City-based Skanray to assemble nearly one lakh ventilators
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City-based Skanray to assemble nearly one lakh ventilators

March 23, 2020

Karnataka to procure 1,000 ventilators; Mysuru to seek 20 immediately  Mysore/Mysuru: Skanray Technologies, a Mysuru-based global exporter of ventilators, is drawing plans to locally assemble nearly one lakh ventilators (as per national demand) in the country with active support from the Union Government as the country prepares to gear up for emergency situation.  Skanray is…

Janata Curfew against COVID-19 empties out city
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Janata Curfew against COVID-19 empties out city

March 23, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Social distancing is the only way to flatten the curve of the Coronavirus spread. And like never before, Mysuru was completely deserted with residents remaining indoors yesterday the whole day as part of the Janata Curfew call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  While roads were empty, commercial establishments, both small and big, remained…

Pourakarmikas observe Janata Curfew by cleaning the city
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Pourakarmikas observe Janata Curfew by cleaning the city

March 23, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: When Mysureans were observing Janata Curfew from 7 am to 9 pm yesterday, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Pourakarmikas were busy cleaning the city by undertaking clearing of garbage heaps, sweeping streets, thus observing Janata Curfew yesterday. “We have to do cleaning works daily. We also support Janata Curfew. We have to undertake cleaning which…

Mysuru, Kodagu lockdown till Mar. 31
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Mysuru, Kodagu lockdown till Mar. 31

March 23, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Government on Sunday announced a lockdown in nine districts, where COVID-19 cases have been reported. Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Dakshina Kannada, Mysuru, Kalaburagi, Dharwad, Chikkaballapura, Kodagu and Belagavi will be shut down till Mar. 31. Consequent to the Government order to promote social distancing and isolation measures to combat COVID-19, restrictions will be…

Warmer climates will slow Coronavirus spread, but won’t stop it: New study
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Warmer climates will slow Coronavirus spread, but won’t stop it: New study

March 23, 2020

New Delhi: Communities living in relatively warmer areas may have a “comparative advantage” to others in slowing the transmission of Coronavirus, an analysis by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) indicates. A report maintains that the MIT researchers — Qasim Bukhari and Yusuf Jameel — found most Coronavirus transmissions to have occurred in…

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