Mysore/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…
IT 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…
Medical 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…
Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G.Sankar said that there was no cause of worry over COVID-19 in the district and no cases of people testing positive have been reported so far in the district. Speaking to presspersons at his office here yesterday, Sankar allaying fears over COVID-19,said there was no reason to panic over the spread…
Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the District administration has allayed fears over COVID-19, the city is witnessing an unprecedented surge in the demand for face-masks and hand sanitizers in the past couple of weeks. Scared of the deadly virus, people are thronging medical shops and hospitals to buy face-masks like never before. With many people choosing to…
284 people under home isolation, observation across State for symptoms Bengaluru: Seeking to allay fear among the citizens in the wake of Coronavirus scare, Karnataka Health Minister B. Sriramulu and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar have made an appeal to the people not to pay heed to rumours spreading on social media. Addressing media…
Mysore/Mysuru: The good intention of the heads of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to create awareness on the precautions to be taken to arrest Novel Coronavirus spread went awry this morning. During the launch of online building plan approval, Mayor Tasneem, Deputy Mayor C. Sridhar and Leader of Opposition in the MCC Council M.U. Subbaiah and…
Mysore/Mysuru: Following COVID-19 scare, the Mysore Palace Board has decided to give free masks to foreign tourists and to visitors on request. The Board has also decided to open a healthcare centre to help tourists complaining of fever or any other illness to undergo free check-up. Over 8,000 tourists including 100-150 foreigners visit the Palace…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Health Department on Monday began the giant task of tracking and identifying all people who could have come in contact with the 24-year-old software engineer from Bengaluru who has tested positive for Covid-19 (coronavirus). The affected person, now in Telangana, is said to be working with a city-based software company; he had…
Mysuru/Mysore: The latest coronavirus (now renamed as COVID-19) spreading in China and the SARS outbreak of 2003 have two things in common: Both are from the coronavirus family and both started in wet (meat and fish) markets in China. At such markets, outdoor stalls are squeezed together to forming narrow lanes, where locals and visitors…
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