Mysore/Mysuru: Organisations, associations and indi-viduals are continuing to help the poor patients and the needy by donating food, medicines, medical kits, medical equipment to be used and distributed among the needy and also starting various initiatives to help the distressed in COVID times. On Tuesday, MLA S.A. Ramdas along with Corporator Dr. Roopa launched a…
Mandya: With COVID caseload on the high in Mandya district, former Chief Minister and senior JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy held a video-conference with party Legislators from Mandya district on Monday. Mandya MLA M. Srinivas, who was the first to speak with the former CM, complained about shortage of beds in MIMS (Mandya Institute of Medical…
Giving a dignified closure to unclaimed, untouched bodies Kushalnagar: COVID-19 is a lonely disease where last rites have become a tragic, solitary affair. At times, families who have lost their loved ones to the contagion are reluctant to perform the final rites and even refuse to claim the bodies of their kin. That’s where volunteers…
The home test should be conducted according to an app that can be downloaded from the Google Play and Apple store New Delhi: Rapid Antigen Kits to conduct COVID test at home got a green signal on Wednesday and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) — the nodal body in the fight against the…
Bengaluru: The world’s first COVID vaccine, Sputnik-V invented by Russia will be manufactured in Karnataka, said Health and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar. Speaking to media here yesterday, he said talks were going on in this regard at the highest level. Once talks are finalised, the Sputnik-V vaccine will be manufactured in the State. On…
Direct interview on May 24 Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) will be recruiting doctors and nursing staff for COVID treatment at the new Super Speciality Hospital, Trauma Care Centre, PKTB and ED Hospitals through a direct interview to take place on May 24. The appointments will be purely on contract basis…
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has accepted new recommendations of The National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) on administering vaccine for COVID-infected people. Accordingly, COVID-19 vaccination is to be deferred by three months after recovery from the illness. If infected with COVID after 1st dose, 2nd dose to be deferred by…
New Delhi: The Department of Science & Technology (DST) institute has developed a new multiplex RT-PCR kit with novel gene targeted to facilitate detection across various mutant strains of COVID-19. This unique RT-PCR kit will be a significant weapon in our fight against COVID-19 by a facile detection of SARS-CoV-2 mutations, said Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary,…
Subject-wise teachers just a call away Mysore/Mysuru: With schools shut down due to COVID-19 crisis, the Department of Public Instruction has formed subject-wise teams of resource persons involving teachers from Government, aided and unaided schools, for helping SSLC students clear their doubts regarding lessons. Following postponement of SSLC exams, the teachers are reaching out to…
MCC Pourakarmika succumbs; two patients from Chamarajanagar shifted to Mysuru Government yet to decide on who will bear the cost of treatment in Private Hospitals Mysore/Mysuru: The number of mucormycosis or Black Fungus cases are mounting across the State, with districts reporting a rush of post-COVID fungal infections in the past few days. Mysuru has…
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