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Topic: Coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus or Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It is a viral disease that turned into a pandemic in early 2020. The first known case was recorded in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Coronavirus has multiple variants such as Delta and Omicron, and its most common symptoms are fever, chills and sore throat.

The virus spreads through liquid particles when the infected person coughs, sneezes or breathes – it has a high multiplication rate. Therefore, the world had taken measures to quarantine or isolate those infected. While the disease can be mild and recoverable, those older or with underlying medical conditions are more likely to be adversely affected. The disease caused according to WHO estimates 3 million deaths in 2020.

Amarnath yatra to commence on 28 June, registration process to start from 1 April

PTI -
The yatra was restricted to a group of Sadhus last year due to the Covid pandemic, while a year earlier it was called off on 2 August mid-way due to a "terror threat".

US says China must make available data from Covid outbreak’s earliest days

PTI -
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan expressed concerns about the way in which the early findings of the Covid investigation by the WHO were communicated.

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Why Pfizer’s Covid vaccine was not granted emergency use approval by govt’s expert panel

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A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

India reports 8,635 new Covid cases, lowest in 8 months

PTI -
India's Covid-19 tally stands at 1,07,66,245. The death toll reached 1,54,486 with 94 new fatalities in the last 24 hours.

In ‘progressive’ Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, only 1 in 5 young urban women in paid work

Vidya Mahambare -
Has the Covid-19 pandemic further increased the gender gap in terms of employment in India?

4 ways South Asia can lead pandemic recovery and become the driver of global growth

Viraj Mehta -
The impact of Covid pandemic has been profoundly disproportionate across different segments of populations and disrupted the development roadmap for South Asian economies.

After a bad year for personal freedom, try liberalism

Andreas Kluth -
Freedom is like health: You don’t think about it until it’s gone. It’s been a bad year. As 2021 dawns, it's time we make the liberal case for a better future.

Covid killed 81 million jobs in Asia-Pacific this year, ILO says

Siegfrid Alegado -
Young people have been affected by working-hour and job losses, the ILO said, with the youth share of employment losses three to 18 times higher than their share of total employment.

Need roadmap to put in place system to deal with future pandemics – India at UN

PTI -
Speaking at UNGA’s session on 'Global Health and Foreign Policy, India emphasised on barriers to equitable access to affordable medicines and new technologies.
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