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Returning to classrooms a challenge for children
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Returning to classrooms a challenge for children

February 2, 2022

Parents want both online and offline learning options till kids are vaccinated By S.T. Ravikumar COVID pandemic has brought in a sea change in the education system while online learning in these difficult times has saved the loss of education and also saved the jobs of teachers. Though the big change from offline education to…

Comorbidities cause most deaths in Mysuru: DHO
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Comorbidities cause most deaths in Mysuru: DHO

January 31, 2022

48 covid deaths reported in last 10 days Mysore/Mysuru: At a time when the State Government has made an announcement that night curfew and most of the restrictions will be relaxed from today, the rising COVID death numbers in the State and in Mysuru is a cause for concern. Mysuru Health Officers, however, say that…

Engineering Diploma students to get full carry-over
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Engineering Diploma students to get full carry-over

January 31, 2022

Bengaluru:  In the wake of COVID crisis, all Engineering Diploma students of the State will get a full carry-over  applicable for the year 2021-22. In a press release on Friday, Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan said Engineering Diploma students would get a carry over  for a maximum of four subjects. But due to the…

COVID measures: DHO inspects city schools
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COVID measures: DHO inspects city schools

January 28, 2022

2,013 active paediatric cases reported in Mysuru District; 14 children hospitalised; 40 kids in CCCs; 1,959 children in home isolation Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to check the health condition of students, teachers and staff and the COVID precautionary measures taken at schools, District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. K.H. Prasad and team visited various institutions in…

DHO reaches out to elders with COVID booster dose
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DHO reaches out to elders with COVID booster dose

January 27, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: The elder residents of Covai Care at Tapovan Solace Apartment in Sharadadevinagar celebrated Republic Day yesterday by taking Covid booster dose at the Medical Centre in the apartment arranged by District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. K.H. Prasad. Dr. Srivatsa was in-charge of Vaccine Unit. Over 30 elders were benefited. Dr. Prasad also unfurled the…

COVID War Room operations re-start
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COVID War Room operations re-start

January 25, 2022

Helpline 0821-2424111 with 10 lines open for pandemic-related queries By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: With cases of COVID-19 surging at a rapid pace with more than 4,000 positives being reported every day, the District Administration has re-started the COVID War Room operations at the new District Office Complex in Siddartha Layout on Bannur Road. Officials…

Patients hostile as COVID stigma refuses to die down
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Patients hostile as COVID stigma refuses to die down

January 25, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: Now COVID-19 variant may be relatively milder than its more devastating predecessors but the efforts to tackle its spread have by no means been easier. Staff and volunteers at War Room and home isolation teams have to face rudeness and hostility of patients as well as their family members in most cases. Many persons…

Sudden spurt in cases attributed to backlog reports, says DC
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Sudden spurt in cases attributed to backlog reports, says DC

January 25, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: With the district reporting more than 4,000 COVID positive cases for three consecutive days (Jan.22, 23 and 24) causing concern among people, Deputy Commissioner Dr. Bagadi Gautham clarified that the sudden spurt in the cases is because of addition of all backlog reports. Speaking to presspersons on the sidelines of the National Voters Day…

COVID kits, counselling for home-isolated patients
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COVID kits, counselling for home-isolated patients

January 23, 2022

Separate home isolation kits for adults, children and infants By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: The exercise to prepare thousands of COVID-19 home isolation kits for distribution among people with infection symptoms, even as the disease is running rampant in Mysuru, has turned the new District Office Complex at Siddartha Layout on Bannur Road into a…

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