‘Centre to increase State vaccine share from 65 lakh to one crore per month’ Mysore/Mysuru: After holding a review meeting with officials of the District at Zilla Panchayat Hall yesterday regarding COVID scenario, battle-readiness for third wave and also vaccination target, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai outlined a slew of measures to mitigate the effects of…
Closed-door meeting debates COVID situation in Mysuru
August 9, 2021Most of the Cabinet Ministers present; Media entry limited to clicking photos Mysore/Mysuru: It was indeed a high-level COVID review meeting at the D. Devaraj Urs Hall at Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Office this noon that was chaired by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. The meeting discussed a wide range of issues concerning public safety, lapses or…
Spike in Test Positivity Rate in Mysuru, Kodagu
August 2, 2021Kodagu DC imposes fresh restrictions on travellers from high-risk States Mysuru/Madikeri: A report from the State COVID War Room has stated that 10 out the 30 districts in Karnataka including Mysuru and Kodagu have reported COVID-19 Test Positivity Rate (TPR) that is higher than the State average of 1.4 percent from July 25 to July…
Mysuru District Officers heave a sigh of relief as Corona cases plummet
July 9, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Officers of various Government Departments in Mysuru are now heaving a sigh of relief, thanks to a plunge in Corona positive cases in the last 8-10 days. This has resulted in drastic fall in demand for oxygenated beds in Covid Care Centres (CCCs), District Covid Hospital and Private Hospitals. Intensive vaccination drive and…
Bye bye ‘COVID Mitras’… thanks for your service
June 29, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration is seriously considering closing down of ‘COVID Mitra’ Centres in a phased manner due to steady decline in Corona positive cases in the district. When the Corona positive cases hit peak a two months ago, the then Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rohini Sindhuri and Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner Shilpa Nag came…
‘District Administration hiding COVID deaths’
June 24, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: KPCC Spokesperson M. Lakshmana has claimed that the District Administration was trying to manipulate COVID deaths in the district to ‘mislead’ people and prompt the State Government to continue strict lockdown for some more weeks. Addressing a press meet at Congress Office near City Railway Station this morning, Lakshmana said that from the beginning,…
COVID hits 4,520 children in Mysuru since first wave
June 16, 2021All between the age group of 0 and 10 years 2,999 kids test positive from April to June 12 (second wave) 1,521 infected from March 2020 to March 2021 (first wave) By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: The recent surge in COVID-19 cases and with children being equally affected, parents are worried about a possible third…
Mounting death rate causes concern
June 16, 2021Delay in reporting mechanism is cause for many deaths, says District Surveillance Officer Mysore/Mysuru: The mounting Case Fatality Rate (CFR) in Mysuru at a time when the positivity rate is declining rapidly is a big cause for concern as the number of patients succumbing to COVID-19 infection has gone up with 286 deaths reported in…
Chief Minister to decide on Unlock 2.0 this evening
June 16, 2021Bengaluru: Even as State BJP In-charge Arun Singh is scheduled to arrive in the State capital this evening in a bid to end the leadership row once and for all, amidst the reported demand for a change of guard by a section of the party, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa said that the Government will take…
Life-saving business of ambulance-making
June 13, 2021City turns vehicle-conversion hub for Mandya, Hassan, Chamarajanagar and Kodagu By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: With the increasing demand for hospital beds as well as ambulances amid the massive surge in COVID-19 cases, there are many enterprising businessmen who have taken up the task of converting tourist and other passenger vehicles into ambulances. And Mysuru…
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