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Topic: Coronavirus

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.

India urges foreign nations to ease travel restrictions as Covid situation improves

PTI -
MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi Thursday said easing of travel restrictions for Indians is an important element for economic recovery.

56 Air India crew, including 5 Vande Bharat pilots, died of Covid till July, govt says

Taran Deol -
The Indian Pilots’ Guild wrote to PM urging annuity at four times normal coverage, if any pilot becomes permanently or temporarily unfit due to Covid or post-Covid complications.

‘Does not respect common sense’ — China rejects WHO call for another probe into virus origins

Bloomberg News -
While China has consistently rejected lab leak theory, officials Thursday signaled Beijing won’t engage on the origin hunt if the theory remained in play.

‘Missing out on Covid deaths unlikely’ — govt dismisses report on ‘excess deaths’

PTI -
The govt said that 'excess mortality' is a term used to describe an all-cause mortality figure and attributing such fatalities to Covid is 'completely misleading'.

India logs over 41,000 new Covid infections, 507 deaths in a day

PTI -
Active cases increased for the second consecutive day and currently comprise 1.31% of total infections. The national recovery rate stood at 97.35% according to the health ministry.

Delta variant in specimens sequenced over last 4 weeks exceeded 75% in many countries: WHO

Yoshita Singh -
According to data, the prevalence of Delta exceeded 75% in India as well. The other countries were Australia, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Israel, UK, Russia, Singapore among others.

Over 1.1 lakh Indian children lost a parent during Covid pandemic, Lancet study says

Mohana Basu -
According to the study, there was an estimated 8.5-fold increase in new orphans in India from 5,091 children in March to 43,139 in April 2021.

No deaths due to oxygen shortage during second wave in Maharashtra: state health minister

PTI -
Rajesh Tope's comments came a day after the Centre told Rajya Sabha that no deaths due to lack of oxygen were specifically reported by states and UTs during the second Covid wave.

Modi govt ‘hiding its fault’ over deaths due to oxygen shortage, says Manish Sisodia

PTI -
The Delhi Deputy CM also alleged that Centre's mismanagement and change in oxygen distribution policy after 13 April led to disaster across the country during second Covid wave.

Covid-19 pandemic: Delta variant makes up 83% of US cases, total cases in Russia cross 60 lakh

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