Tests will be done at K.R. Hospital, District Hospital and all Taluk Hospitals Mysore/Mysuru: With COVID-19 positive cases gradually increasing in the State, the Health Department has issued directions to conduct RT-PCR tests across the district. As the District Administration has given a target to conduct 700 COVID-19 tests daily, RT-PCR tests are being conducted…
Mysuru district ready to tackle virus attack
April 27, 2022Out of 1,800 tests conducted last week, 9 persons test positive Mysore/Mysuru: Following experts predicting COVID 4th wave from the month of June, the Mysuru District Administration has intensified RT-PCR and Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) in the district. The officials of the Health and Family Welfare Department, based on the experience from the 1st, 2nd…
People volunteer for free COVID test at Town Hall
January 22, 2022With COVID-19 positive cases rising alarmingly in the city with each passing day, people, especially residents of vulnerable areas, continue to throng Town Hall, in the heart of the city to undergo the free RT-PCR test voluntarily.
People face long lines as they rush to get tested for COVID
January 13, 2022War room numbers For any kind of health issue, contact Taluk COVID War Room at 0821-2414812 For emergencies contact Tahsildar 89716-52652 Taluk Panchayat CEO 94808-73100 Taluk Health Officer 97310-21569 Mysore/Mysuru: Business travel, family gatherings and the rapid surge of COVID-19 and the new Coronavirus cases triggered by the Omicron variant, are driving huge demand for…
170 students, staff undergo free RT-PCR test
January 12, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports, Mysuru, had organised a free RT-PCR test for 170 students and staff at Chamundi Vihar Stadium premises in Nazarbad yesterday. District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. K.H. Prasad, who inaugurated the free COVID test camp, said that the test was conducted for students who will be participating in the…
Mobile RT-PCR test
June 27, 2021MCC deploys vans to conduct on-the-spot test Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has deployed mobile RT-PCR testing vans in all nine zones of city to conduct COVID test on spot in a bid to check the spreading of pandemic. This morning, each mobile team, comprising three Health Inspectors and a Supervisor, was deployed in every…
Serptentine queue at Covid testing centres disappears
June 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The number of people coming for COVID test is declining due to pandemic slowing coming under control in the district. Though, the Corona positive cases were heading southwards, the deaths were still on the higher side thus worrying for the District authorities. The District Administration has opened additional COVID testing centres in city to…
Minister Somashekar launches mega RT-PCR testing camp in KR Assembly segment
June 16, 2021RT-PCR test to be held in 270 booths from 10 am to 5 pm for two days Mysore/Mysuru: Co-operation and District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar launched a pilot mega RT-PCR testing for residents of Krishnaraja (KR) Constituency at 270 booths in city this morning. This pilot project has been organised by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC),…
MCC’s door-to-door COVID testing drive
June 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: In yet another exercise to check the spread of COVID, the MCC has launched door-to-door testing by deploying mobile units in all 9 MCC Zonal Offices. Speaking to Star of Mysore, MCC Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy said that it is important to trace primary and secondary contacts of COVID positive patients in order to…
COVID testing and vaccination drive in K.R. Assembly segment from tomorrow
June 15, 2021Testing on June 16 & 17, vaccination from June 21 Mysore/Mysuru: Taking the ongoing battle against the deadly COVID -19 pandemic a step forward, KR MLA S.A. Ramdas said that a two-day massive COVID testing and vaccination drive will be taken out in KR Assembly segment limits, starting from tomorrow (June 16). Speaking to press…
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