Zone-wise Care Centres on cards; MCC calls for door-to-door survey volunteers Mysore/Mysuru: In another effort towards decentralisation of COVID management, the Mysuru District Administration is setting up COVID Care Centres (CCCs) in all the Assembly constituencies and also in Zones for more localised management. Though the taluks of Mysuru have 18 CCCs, there is no…
Mines and Geology Dept. to part with 30 percent of its revenues for COVID management
May 23, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Declaring that the Mines and Geology Department will dedicate 30 percent of its revenue for COVID management, Mines and Geology Minister Murugesh Nirani said that the Government can use this money for improving medical infrastructure at hospitals in the State. Speaking to press persons at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here this morning after holding …
MP Simha urges DC, DHO and ZP CEO to visit rural areas
May 23, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has opined that non-visiting of senior district officers like Deputy Commissioner (DC), District Health Officer (DHO) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Zilla Panchayat (ZP) to rural areas to take stock of the situation has been the root cause for the surge in Corona positive cases and deaths in villages….
Two villages in Nanjangud taluk reports zero Corona cases; Minister to visit soon
May 23, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Two villages in Nanjangud Taluks including Katanur have not reported a single COVID positive case. Since these two villages are model for the whole State, he would visit those villages next week to seek how they have been able to do it so that it can be replicated in other villages, said Co-operation and District-in-Charge…
Mysuru still in Red Zone
May 21, 2021Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan suggests to ramp up testing Government willing to supply medicines in bulk Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru District is still in ‘Red Zone’ due to unchecked cases of Corona positive cases and mortality rate and it is the responsibility of everyone to check this pandemic at any cost, said Deputy Chief Minister and COVID-19 Ministerial Task…
All PHCs to conduct Covid tests
May 21, 2021Dy. CM chairs Mysuru District Officers meeting Mysore/Mysuru: Instructions have been given to conduct Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and RT-PCR tests in all Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in the District to check the growth of COVID-19 pandemic, said Deputy Chief Minister and COVID-19 Ministerial Task Force Committee Chairman Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan. He was speaking to…
‘Follow Union Health Ministry guidelines for vaccination’
May 21, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: National Health Mission has directed Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri not to allow diversion of vaccine supplied by the Government of India and use it to vaccinate only healthcare and frontline workers. According to a press release, this order followed classification of bank, transport and railway employees as frontline wor-kers and vaccinating them with the…
PM holds key meet with DCs amid COVID surge
May 18, 2021Mysuru DC unable to interact during video-conference due to technical snag but speaks to PMO later Mysore/Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with Deputy Commissioners along with field officials from 10 States and many Districts through video-conferencing this noon. The districts that were included in the PM’s interaction had seen a huge surge in COVID-19…
Rohini Sindhuri highlights ‘COVID Mitras’ & ‘Pancha Sutra’
May 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Though Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not come in contact with Mysuru DC Rohini Sindhuri during the video-conference this morning, the DC got a call from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) asking if innovative measures have been taken in Mysuru to combat COVID. The Deputy Commissioner told the PMO officials that innovative ‘COVID Mitras’…
Patients flouting home isolation to be moved to COVID Care Centres
May 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Considering complaints that symptomatic, asymptomatic and mildly-symptomatic COVID-19 patients are not strictly following home isolation guidelines, the Mysuru District Administration has decided to shift such patients from their houses to the COVID Care Centres. By violating guidelines, these infected persons are spreading the disease to family members and community. Several home isolated patients are…
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