10 pm deadline to end public parties Movement of people on roads, circles restricted after 10 pm Heavy Police presence to strictly enforce night curfew rules Drunken driving cases will be booked; DLs to be suspended Private party venues too under scanner for loud music, DJ Section 144 at water points on city outskirts to…
Medicine stocks arrive, facilities readied: MMC&RI Dean
December 23, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Sufficient stock of medicines to treat COVID and Omicron patients have started arriving in Mysuru as tenders have been called and even the infrastructure has been scaled up to face any eventuality in the wake of the first Omicron case being reported in Mysuru. Even if the cases mount, there will not be a…
Omicron threat: Night curfew in districts with high COVID positivity rate
December 12, 2021New Delhi: Is India heading for another lockdown amid the spread of the more infectious Omicron variant in some parts of the country? It may be a little too early to make any such comment but as of now, the country will witness more curbs including night curfews in districts recording high COVID-19 positivity rates…
Keep your masks on; MCC checking squads are here
December 8, 2021Strict vigil at malls, theatres to allow in only double vaccinated Omicron scare causes a surge in people visiting vaccine centres Mysuru; With the second wave of the pandemic petering out, instances of people being fined for not wearing masks have considerably decreased and this gave the people an impression that COVID-19 has gone away….
Omicron threat: Ready for war room, helpline
December 5, 2021District Health Officer outlines strategy if COVID positive cases increase beyond 100 Mysore/Mysuru: The War Rooms, helplines, system of bed availability at the touch of a button, extra ICU/ HDU beds at hospitals, computer-controlled data flow, home isolation teams and COVID Care Centres that existed during the killer second wave would be revived in case…
DC holds Omicron control meeting
December 4, 2021Orders immediate and strict execution of Govt. guidelines DC MEETING HIGHLIGHTS No entry for unvaccinated to malls, theatres, hotels, Government offices Two-dose vaccination certificate must be mandatorily displayed Vaccination certificates can be printed or online, on mobiles Entry will be denied though tickets are booked in advance Cases will be filed against violators under Disaster…
No evidence to suggest existing vaccines don’t work on Omicron
December 4, 2021Union Health Ministry issues a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the variant New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has said while there is no evidence to suggest that existing vaccines do not work on the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, some of the mutations reported may decrease the efficacy of the jabs. The Ministry…
New Omicron strain SOPs likely today
December 3, 2021CM, Health Minister hold a series of high-level meetings on the way forward Bengaluru: As Karnataka became the first State to report the first Omicron cases in India, the administrative machinery is on high alert and new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are likely to be announced. A 66-year-old South African national, who arrived in Bengaluru…
Omicron scare: Clinical Expert Panel formed for treatment protocol
December 1, 2021Quarantine App, telemedicine facilities monitoring patient care to be reintroduced Bengaluru: Gearing up to handle a possible outbreak of Omicron, the State’s COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) met Health Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar in Bengaluru yesterday and submitted several recommendations including mandatory vaccination, screening of international passengers, compulsory RT-PCR test on arrival at the airports,…
Two lakh people skip second dose: DC
November 30, 2021Vaccine hesitancy among educated a matter of grave concern No strain of new Omicron detected in Mysuru; high alert at borders Mysore/Mysuru: Faced with the looming threat posed by the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the Department of Health and Family Welfare has been instructed to substantially increase the second dose coverage by the end of…
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