Spike in COVID cases: Bengaluru civic agency makes masks a must, to increase testsThe Chief Commissioner has directed all the Marshals to educate people on wearing of masks. They are ensuring masks at public places, inclu...
06 Jun, 2022, 08.47 PM IST
Omicron: Karnataka asks districts to step up surveillanceThe international travelers from high risk countries need to be quarantined for seven days from the date of their arrival, until the follow...
22 Dec, 2021, 06.40 PM IST
Local with no travel history among two Omicron cases detected in IndiaThe Omicron variant, classified as variant of concern by the WHO, has been a cause of concern around the globe as countries take steps to r...
02 Dec, 2021, 08.25 PM IST
Bengaluru rule: Institutional quarantine must for those from other States"Those entering the city will have to bring a negative RT-PCR test report with them. If they don't, we will conduct the test. Till the time...
05 Aug, 2021, 09.46 AM IST
RT-PCR false-negatives continue to haunt Bengaluru hospitalsDoctors says false-negative reports can be misleading as patients tend to ignore symptoms given the heavy reliance on RT-PCR testing alone ...
15 Jul, 2021, 03.50 PM IST
Covid hospital admissions down 50% in Bengaluru, but BBMP keeps its guard upThe BBMP health authorities, however, are not letting their guard down as Bengaluru prepares to unlock more from June 21, the day the curre...
17 Jun, 2021, 10.50 AM IST
Bengaluru civic body faces flak over data breach of Covid patientsFree Software Movement of India, a coalition of organisations working on data privacy, on Tuesday flagged that Covid-19 data record was bei...
26 May, 2021, 08.53 AM IST
Why Bengaluru’s famed health infrastructure is crumblingThough the state government on Monday announced a fortnight’s lockdown to stall the total collapse of medical infrastructure, the big quest...
27 Apr, 2021, 03.02 PM IST
Delay in Covid-19 results: BBMP cancels registration of four labsThe BU numbers are necessary for patients to seek hospital beds, and it was widely reported that the labs were taking a few days to provide...
26 Apr, 2021, 08.16 PM IST
BBMP launches new COVID-19 helpline number for Bengaluru"The specific helpline 1912 is for Bengaluru city. We have eight control rooms. The helpline can be used to allot beds in the hospitals and...
16 Apr, 2021, 01.53 PM IST
BBMP orders to set up COVID care centres in BengaluruThe BBMP Commissioner further said that more swab collection teams should be deployed and ordered the officials to take necessary action wi...
13 Apr, 2021, 09.01 AM IST
Karnataka makes Covid test mandatory for people arriving from KeralaAccording to the circular, the Covid negative reports that Kerala returnees produce on arrival should not be older than 72 hours.
16 Feb, 2021, 07.02 PM IST
Covid testing strategy revised for Bengaluru; more focus on RT-PCR testCovid test data shows that Bengaluru has struggled to meet the antigen-testing target. In the last seven days, the BBMP could only achieve ...
11 Sep, 2020, 10.29 AM IST
Expertise of over 50 NGOs to help Bengaluru manage rising coronavirus casesBBMP officials say streamlining them will ensure the work does not overlap, and there is a clear and concerted effort to address Covid-rela...
11 Aug, 2020, 11.04 AM IST
Address proof and OTP verification must for coronavirus test now across BengaluruWhile police manage to trace nearly half of the cases, the remaining half continue to go missing. “Patients who are off the radar may carry...
27 Jul, 2020, 10.15 AM IST
Engineers must clear BBMP test to give gyanThe 16-mark test has questions related to crucial aspects of town planning — of the buffer zones around water bodies, types of buffer zones...
05 Aug, 2019, 10.59 AM IST
Labs that violate H1N1 norms may face actionSo far, 100 people have been hospitalised with H1N1 cases and two people have died in Bengaluru due to the virus attack which is also calle...
16 Oct, 2018, 10.35 AM IST