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
January 25, 2022Mysore/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
January 25, 2022Mysore/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
January 23, 2022Separate 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…
City traders continue to see dip in sales
January 23, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Though the Government announced lifting of weekend curfew following a demand from various quarters, city traders are yet to see their normal week-end business, as customers are still not coming to markets for making purchases. Though many shops in the Central Business District opened yesterday and today following the lifting of weekend curfew, the…
Akshaya Patra Foundation to vaccinate 25,000 people
January 23, 2022Bengaluru: The Akshaya Patra Foundation, which launched a 20-day incentivised vaccination camp on Jan. 10 at its kitchen premises in Jigani, has given the second jab for 5,000 people and aims to vaccinate 25,000 people in this semi-urban and industrial area. Previously, the Foundation had successfully vaccinated over 15,000 people with their first dose on…
State-wide protest tomorrow
January 23, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Urging the State and Union Governments to come to the aid of people who are affected by the COVID pandemic during the third wave of the attack, Left parties will hold a State-wide demonstration tomorrow (Jan. 24). Addressing a joint press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan here yesterday, leaders of seven Left parties including CPI,…
DHO receives COVID booster dose during special drive
January 22, 202235 teams to visit 144 medical establishments 23,000 eligible people across the district targeted Mysore/Mysuru: In order to safeguard and secure the health workers and other frontline workers from catching the deadly virus, the Health Department in association with the District Administration, today launched a special drive to vaccinate them with booster dose. District Health…
Weekend curfew lifted
January 22, 2022Night curfew to continue from 10 pm to 5 am; Schools to reopen except in Bengaluru Bengaluru/Mysuru: Revenue Minister R. Ashok yesterday announced the lifting of weekend curfew with immediate effect. However, night curfew from 10 pm to 5 am will continue in a bid to check the spread of COVID-19. The decision was taken…
People volunteer for free COVID test at Town Hall
January 22, 2022With COVID-19 positive cases rising alarmingly in the city with each passing day, people, especially residents of vulnerable areas, continue to throng Town Hall, in the heart of the city to undergo the free RT-PCR test voluntarily.
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