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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.

Origin of Covid mirrors SARS genesis in animals, study finds

Jason Gale -
Melbourne: Early Covid-19 cases traced to markets in Wuhan, China, mirror the initial spread of SARS 17 years earlier, scientists said in a paper...

New Covid vaccine could make copies of itself in your body, protect you at very low doses

Sandhya Ramesh -
saRNA vaccines function similar to mRNA vaccines with the additional benefit of lowering dose requirements and making production more scalable.

Covid has undone years of gains India made after 1991 liberalisation

Vrishti Beniwal -
Modi had pledged to turn India into a $5 trillion economy by 2025, but the pandemic is set to push that back by years. Over 200 mn have gone back to earning less than minimum wage a day.

Delta variant could cut immunity gained from prior infection by 60%, study of Delhi data finds

Mohana Basu -
The research yet to be peer reviewed, brought together data from modelling studies, sero-surveys, as well as structural insights into the spike protein of the mutated virus.

Why following the science isn’t curing Covid confusion over the Delta variant

Faye Flam -
Virology and epidemiology can give people an estimate of how risky something is, but can’t tell people how much risk is too much, or which mitigation measures impose too much burden.

Govt urges Assam, Kerala, 7 other states reporting Covid spike to ramp up control measures

PTI -
Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that increasing testing and vaccination, healthcare infrastructure planning and clinical management are some measures to be taken by the states.

Kanwar Yatra to begin in Uttar Pradesh from 25 July

PTI -
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked state officials to coordinate with Bihar and Uttarakhand to ensure Covid guidelines are followed during the yatra.

Anti-inflammatory drugs reduce hospitalisation, deaths from Covid, WHO says

Damian Shepherd -
Adding drugs that block immune protein called interleukin-6 to already widely used treatment, corticosteroids, reduces the risk of death and the need for breathing assistance, WHO said.

India records 43,733 new Covid cases, 930 deaths in last 24 hours

PTI -
The active cases have declined to 4,59,920 comprising 1.50% of total infections and national recovery rate has improved to 97.18%, according to the health ministry data.

Doctors are tired, states must ready fresh workforce for 3rd wave, says top doctor Devi Shetty

Angana Chakrabarti -
Talking about ways staff strength can be enhanced, Devi Shetty said state govts should document workforce available and come up with road map to train more doctors and nurses.
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