TopicCoronavirus

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.

Modi govt finally raises vaccine prices, will pay Rs 215 for Covishield, Rs 225 for Covaxin

Abantika Ghosh - July 16, 2021

The govt has placed an order for 66 crore more doses to be supplied between August and December for a little over Rs 14,500 crore.

It was ‘premature’ to rule out Covid lab leak theory, WHO chief says

PTI - July 16, 2021

WHO director-general Tedros said the UN health agency is asking China to be transparent and cooperate by sharing raw data to find the origins of the Covid virus.

Covid could leave half of those hospitalised with major organ complications, Lancet study says

Mohana Basu - July 16, 2021

UK study finds that Covid affects kidney, heart and lungs of hospitalised patients, and that age or comorbidity was not a major factor in these cases.

Rishabh Pant, throwdown specialist Dayanand Garani test Covid positive ahead of England series

PTI - July 15, 2021

A BCCI source confirmed that Pant has been in isolation for the past eight days. He is, according to the source, asymptomatic at this point.

Centre asks states, UTs to review infrastructure requirements under Covid response package

PTI - July 15, 2021

The health ministry also requested states to send their expenditure proposals at the earliest for speedy approval and stressed the need to ramp up facilities to streamline response.

Parents protest, move court as Delhi private schools charge non-tuition arrears for lockdown

Soniya Agrawal - July 15, 2021

A 31 May Delhi HC order allowed schools to charge annual fees and development fees, which they use for the upkeep of facilities, for the period since lockdown ended last year.

Yogi Adityanath govt’s efforts in tackling Covid crisis ‘unparalleled’, says PM Modi

PTI - July 15, 2021

PM Modi's remarks came during his visit to his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi to inaugurate the Rudraksha Convention Center, constructed with the help of Japan.

Covid vaccine makers create platform to connect with suppliers to speed up production

James Paton - July 15, 2021

The platform, led by Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, matches buyers with sellers of filters, vials & other key supplies used to make vaccines to boost production.

India registers 41,806 new Covid cases, recovery rate stands at 97.28%

PTI - July 15, 2021

The active cases comprised 1.39% of the total infections, while the weekly positivity rate stood at 2.21% according to health ministry data.

65% Indians know someone who couldn’t get Covid vaccine dose in last 30 days, survey finds

Tenzin Zompa - July 15, 2021

The LocalCircles survey says the findings are 'quite concerning' given that experts have predicted that the third wave of Covid is likely to hit India between August-September.

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