Mysore/Mysuru: Amidst complaints that many families of COVID dead are yet to receive the announced Government compensation, DC Dr. Bagadi Gautham has asked the family members of the COVID dead to visit the respective Taluk Office and banks for getting Government compensation of Rs. 50,000. Pointing out that the family members have to submit documents…
COVID measures: DHO inspects city schools
January 28, 20222,013 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
January 27, 2022Mysore/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
January 25, 2022Helpline 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,…
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