Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that severe and mounting disruption to the global supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) – caused by rising demand, panic buying, hoarding and misuse – is putting lives at risk from the new Coronavirus and other infectious diseases. Healthcare workers rely on personal protective equipment to protect…
COVID-19: No holiday for Schools in District
March 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Even as Karnataka reported its first COVID-19 case in Bengaluru yesterday and with the State Government announcing a week-long holiday (Mar.10 to 17) for classes from Pre-Nursery to 5th standard in BBMP and Bengaluru Rural District limits, the Education authorities in Mysuru said there will be no such holiday in the district. Speaking to…
COVID-19, Bird Flu Scare: High alert in Mysuru Zoo, Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary
March 9, 2020Tourism Department seeks info on foreign tourists Chicken sale comes down drastically; prices crash Mysore/Mysuru: A high alert has been sounded at Mysuru Zoo, Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary and tourist places in city following novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and bird flu (Avian Influenza) scare. While the Zoo, Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary and lakes around the city that are…
Shuka Vana, Bonsai Garden at Ganapathy Ashram temporarily closed
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The ‘Shuka Vana’ (Parrot Park) in the sprawling Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashram in city has been temporarily closed from today (Mar. 9) until further notice as precautionary measure following COVID-19, Ashram authorities said. They said that the Park will be closed due to threat of spread of coronavirus. This is for the first…
CSIR scientists working towards discovering medicine for Coronavirus: Director General
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) Director General and Secretary, DSIR, New Delhi, Dr. Shekhar C. Mande said that CSIR is working overtime to discover a medicine to contain the deadly Coronavirus, which has claimed the lives of thousands of people across the globe. Speaking to press persons at CSIR-CFTRI (Central Food Technological…
Tanveer Sait urges State to shut schools, colleges
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Senior Congress MLA and former Minister Tanveer Sait has urged the State Government to declare a holiday to schools and colleges as precautionary measure amid COVID-19 scare. In a letter written to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and to Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Suresh Kumar yesterday, he said that there is no time…
Poultry industry feels the pinch as prices fall
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: COVID-19 and bird flu scare have sent prices of poultry products plummeting with the bird meat being sold for as low as Rs. 110 per kg in Mysuru. “The sales have gone down drastically and we cannot return the chicken to farms, therefore we are forced to sell them at cheaper prices,” said V….
Coronavirus scare hits city tourism
March 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: March-April is a peak time for Indians and foreigners to make travel plans. It is Spring in the northern hemisphere with a pleasant weather in many countries. In a few days, exams will also be over and schools will break for holidays. For the travel and tourism industry, the coronavirus or COVID-19 outbreak couldn’t…
Covid-19: State to suspend biometric attendance for Government staff
March 8, 2020IT companies, BEML too temporarily drops biometric system Bengaluru: As a precautionary measure to control the spread of coronavirus or COVID-19 in Karnataka, the State Government has planned to suspend biometric attendance for the time-being at its offices, also in corporate and IT companies, Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar said yesterday. “Our Additional Chief…
Mysuru to get COVID-19 Lab
March 7, 2020Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar on hospital rounds in city Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru will get an advanced COVID-19 screening laboratory with all the necessary facilities to test patients for coronavirus symptoms and refer them to hospitals where quarantine centres have been set up, said Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar. The Minister was speaking to…
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