Officials find it tough to trace those who tested positive due to incorrect contact details Henceforth, Aadhaar Card, Voter ID or PAN Card mandatory before swab collection Mysore/Mysuru: Over 25 to 30 COVID-19 patients in city who were sent to home quarantine are untraceable as they had given wrong contact numbers to the monitoring officials…
When DC himself gets a quarantine violation call…
July 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A man from Hebbal, while giving his contact details at a throat and nasal swab collection centre in city, hoodwinked the officials and gave a wrong telephone number. He did this to dodge COVID-19 quarantine and isolation rules. In his attempt to fool the officers, the man blurted out a phone number that actually…
24×7 Dedicated Covid-19 Helplines
July 23, 2020Narasimharaja: 0821-2519535, 2519536 Chamaraja: 0821-2519533 Krishnaraja: 0821-2519531, 2519532 Chamundeshwari: 0821-2519534 MUDA Assistant Engineer Mahesh will be Nodal Officer for Helplines and he can be contacted on 99001-12344. Mysore/Mysuru: In view of the increased numbers of COVID-19 cases reported in Mysuru in the last two to three weeks, the Mysuru District Administration has set up a…
Exclusive hospital for frontline warriors to open tomorrow
July 20, 2020DC inspects Vikram Jeshta Hospital readied to receive COVID warriors Mysore/Mysuru: Doctors, nurses and healthcare workers are not the only ones fighting the battle against Coronavirus. Other key workers who often go unnoticed like the Police, security guards, utility workers and garbage collectors continue to fight the pandemic. Frontline warriors too account for many COVID-19…
How Mysuru’s frontline COVID Hospital is combating pandemic
July 20, 2020At the frontline of Mysuru’s battle against the Coronavirus pandemic is the New District Hospital or what is now called the Designated COVID-19 Hospital on KRS Road where over 250 beds are reserved for COVID patients. This Hospital was first taken over by the Mysuru District Administration to treat patients who tested positive in the…
Mysuru gets ready for concerted efforts to fight COVID-19
July 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the district witnessing a rapid spurt in the number of COVID-19 positive cases, the authorities in Mysuru are working out a blue-print for waging a concerted battle against the deadly virus. The Blue Print involves the District Administration, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), local Legislators, various Government Departments, Industrialists and Businessmen, Associations and other…
Home isolation patients remotely monitored from new DC Office
July 12, 2020Dedicated call centre traces contacts; watches home and facility-quarantined persons By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: In its efforts to augment contact tracing exercise to help contain the rapid spread of COVID-19 and to monitor patients who are in home quarantine as per the new guidelines issued by the State Government, the Mysuru District Administration has…
District Administration explores option to control virus spread
July 11, 2020Mini-lockdown likely in some areas of N.R. Constituency, says DC Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration is exploring various options to control COVID-19 spread and the options include imposing a mini-lockdown in some areas of Narasimharaja (N.R.) Constituency where many Coronavirus positive cases are reported on a daily basis. The lockdown decision will be taken after…
Contact Tracing intensified
July 9, 2020COVID contact tracing teams track 14-day movement of patients through mobile phone call records By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: With COVID-19 cases and fatalities in Karnataka on the rise, the State Government has restructured its strategy to fight the pandemic with enhanced contact tracing, more oxygen beds, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) facilities and ventilators. Many…
Vikram Hospital being readied to provide COVID-19 treatment
July 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The staff of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), under instructions from the District Administration, undertook cleaning and sanitising of the closed Vikram Jeshta Hospital on Vivekananda Road in Yadavagiri this morning. MUDA Commissioner Dr. D.B. Natesh said that following instructions from DC Abhiram G. Sankar, the Hospital is being cleaned and sanitised to provide…
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