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Undivided H.D. Kote taluk has 154 out of 343 COVID-free villages
The daily surge in COVID-19 cases in Mysuru district is fuelled by outbreak in the city and urban areas while the rural hinterland has relatively lower number of cases.
There are as many as 343 villages in Mysuru district that have been free of COVID-19 so far, providing the proverbial silver lining to the pandemic cloud.
The daily case load being reported in Mysuru hovers around 2,500 and the positivity rate hovers around 40 per cent which is among the highest in the State. But a majority of these cases are from Mysuru urban and Mysuru taluk which is semi-urbanised and fast turning into an extension of the city due to the relentless horizontal sprawl.
Local doctors speak on the ongoing COVID-19 crisis in India
LOS ANGELES - As COVID-19 rages across India, the staggering health emergency there is reverberating all the way to Los Angeles.
The country halfway across the globe from Los Angeles is in dire need of physicians. On Friday, I spoke to doctors who were born in India but immigrated to the U.S. They are torn wanting to offer medical help to India, yet knowing they can’t travel there during the surge.
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Both physicians practice medicine at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Pooja Nawathe and Dr. Dechu Puliyanda expressed deep concern for loved ones in India. While they have family in the United States, they are still tied emotionally to India. Both their mothers live there.
Alcohol addiction driving vaccine hesitancy among tribals
Mysuru,
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Mysuru,
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April 30, 2021 23:31 IST
A strong perception that one has to avoid liquor for a few days before and after taking the jab is keeping the men away
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Vaccination coverage in tribal hamlets is yet to gain traction in Mysuru district.
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A strong perception that one has to avoid liquor for a few days before and after taking the jab is keeping the men away
A strong perception that one has to avoid liquor for a few days before and after vaccination against COVID-19 is contributing to vaccine hesitancy among a section of the adivasis in Mysuru district.