Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 8 (ANI): Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Friday informed that the two sets of COVID vaccine available with the state - Covishield and Covaxin - will be administered on priority to people above the age of 45.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 7 (ANI): Amid surge in COVID-19 cases across state, Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Friday informed that the government has decided to cap the price of CT-Scan and Digital X-Ray in hospitals and labs.
Mysuru (Karnataka) [India], May 5 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader H Vishwanath on Wednesday said Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has drastically failed to handle covid situation in Karnataka.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 30 (ANI): Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Friday urged the people of the state aged between 18-44 years to "refrain from going to hospitals" on Saturday, saying that the state has not received the required COVID-19 vaccine doses from Serum I
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 29 (ANI): Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Thursday said that it has been decided to follow a "syndromic approach" in relation to COVID-19 cases considering increasing number of "false negative reports" in both RT-PCR and RAT tests.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 27 (ANI): Karnataka Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Tuesday said that services of 1,100 call centre staff will be utilised to give guidance to the COVID-19 patients who are in home isolation.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 25 (ANI): Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases across the state, the Karnataka government and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Saturday decided to form a task force to jointly fight against coronavirus.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 22 (ANI): All hospitals in the state that have a bed capacity of more than 30 beds will now have to dedicate 80% of the beds and ICU facility for COVID19 patients," Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 19 (ANI): Amid the continuous surge in coronavirus infection, Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Monday said Covid beds in the state will be increased shortly as 'bigger corporates' have promised to provide 50 per cent of their beds to the governm
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 18 (ANI): There is no shortage of medical oxygen in Karnataka, said state health minister Dr K Sudhakar on Sunday as COVID-19 cases in the country continue to rise, adding that industries have assured a supply of sufficient quantity whenever required.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 18 (ANI): Karnataka Health and Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar has stated that Remdesivir, a drug used to combat COVID-19, will be provided to about 33 hospitals in the state.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 16 (ANI): Amid the surge of coronavirus cases, Karnataka Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Friday said the state government will provide 1800 Covid beds to the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) and Bangalore Medical Co