Mysore/Mysuru: Besieged by COVID-19 pandemic, the Mysuru District Administration is boldly seeking to rise above it and restore normalcy by appealing for community participation to drive home the early detection and early treatment policy to save lives. Speaking to the residents of the district through a Facebook live programme last night, Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri…
Women-centric COVID Care Centres on cards
May 31, 2021Family compulsions make women hide COVID symptoms and that’s the reason for hesitancy, says survey Mysore/Mysuru: Data from the Health Department shows that the number of women getting infected by COVID-19 has gone up in the second wave though the number was low during the first wave. Also, during the door-to-door survey in Mysuru’s urban…
Come Corona Come: Crowds defeat social distancing
May 31, 2021Despite being a Monday — generally no meat day — people throng non-veg outlets Mysore/Mysuru: After staying indoors for just two days from May 29 due to tougher lockdown imposed by the Mysuru District Administration, people came out in large numbers this morning to purchase essential goods from 6 am to 12 noon. All the…
Former MLA Vasu demands white paper on preparedness for possible COVID third wave
May 31, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the BJP Government of complete failure in the handling of COVID crisis, former Chamaraja MLA Vasu of the Congress party has demanded a white paper on the availability of beds, ICUs, ventilators, oxygenated beds and other medical infrastructure in Hospitals and the District Administration’s preparedness for tackling the probable COVID third wave, which…
COVID deaths: MLA S.R. Mahesh targets Dist. Administration of hiding actual figures
May 31, 2021JD(S) legislator claims 969 have died in the district this month while the District Administration reported only 238 deaths Mysore/Mysuru: A day after former K.R. Constituency MLA M.K. Somashekar of the Congress charged the BJP Government of massive under-reporting of COVID deaths, K.R. Nagar JD(S) MLA S.R. Mahesh today accused the District Administration of hiding…
Ex-MLA accuses Govt. of under-reporting COVID deaths
May 31, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Terming the BJP Government as a factory of lies, former K.R. MLA M.K. Somashekar alleged that the Union and State Governments were under-reporting COVID deaths and the Mysuru District Administration was no different. Addressing a press meet at Congress Bhavan near the City Railway Station here yesterday, Somashekar charged the BJP Government of hiding…
Lockdown Rush
May 28, 2021People throng markets to stock up as tougher lockdown begins tomorrow Mysore/Mysuru: With the District Administration announcing complete lockdown for five days in a week from 6 am tomorrow (May 29) till 6 am on June 7, giving time to citizens to purchase essential items only between 6 am and 12 noon on Mondays and…
Deworming begins for diabetic patients
May 28, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With Mucormycosis (Black Fungus) cases rising in the district, Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri said that de-worming tablets will help in mitigating Black Fungus among patients with co-morbidities, especially diabetic patients. She was speaking at the De-worming Day programme organised at Chamundipuram Primary Health Centre (Akkammanni Hospital) here this morning. Expressing concern that the district…
COVID-free Mysuru by July 1
May 28, 2021District Administration aims big Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration has set a target of making Mysuru COVID-free by July 1. Incidentally, July 1 is observed as Doctors’ Day. “Though it is not easy, we are committed,” said Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri. In a press note released to the media last evening where she highlighted that Mysuru…
We could not bring down infections despite efforts, says MP
May 28, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that a more stringent lockdown had to be enforced as COVID infections could not be brought down in the past two weeks, MP Pratap Simha appealed to the citizens to stay indoors and step out only if necessary. Addressing a press meet at Jaladarshini Guest House here yesterday afternoon, Pratap Simha expressed hope…
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