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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.

Covid pandemic — Thailand registers record deaths, 7 Australian cities under lockdown now

Pia Krishnankutty -
ThePrint brings you some important global stories on the coronavirus pandemic.

Brazil suspends deal to buy Covaxin doses after allegations of irregularities in contract

PTI -
Bharat Biotech's Covaxin contract to Brazil landed in controversy after the South American Attorney General reportedly launched a probe into the deal to purchase 20 million doses.

India registers 45,951 new Covid cases, deaths below 1,000 for third consecutive day

PTI -
The active Covid cases further declined to 5,37,064 comprising 1.77 % of the total infections, while the national recovery rate has improved to 96.92%.

How Indore transgenders are helping govt tackle vaccine hesitancy, one door at a time

Fatima Khan -
It all began in May, when Sandhya Gharvi, an Indore-based transgender activist, began noticing that not many members of the community had been vaccinated yet.

How well did states handle 2nd wave? Survey puts TN, Andhra on top, Bengal, Bihar, Delhi last

Shubhangi Misra -
LocalCircles survey of 17 of the biggest states in India asked residents to rate, from 'very effective' to 'ineffective', how their state govts had handled the second Covid wave.

mRNA vaccines could cause heart inflammation in rare cases, studies in JAMA suggest

Mohana Basu -
According to the two studies, there is a link between mRNA-based vaccines and the heart condition myocarditis. But experts caution that the link between the two does not establish causality.

Cipla gets DCGI nod to import Moderna’s Covid vaccine for restricted emergency use in India

PTI -
Permission for restricted emergency use potentially opens up a clear possibility of this vaccine being imported to India in the near future, said NITI Aayog Member Dr V K Paul.

Final call on NEET 2021 schedule ‘soon’ as education, health ministries review Covid situation

Kritika Sharma -
The 1 August date for NEET was announced in first half of March, before second wave had become apparent. Students anxious as application forms not out yet.

Why is Centre’s approval needed to start door-to-door vaccination? Bombay HC asks Maharashtra

PTI -
The state govt Tuesday filed an affidavit in the HC, saying home vaccination on an experimental basis can be started, but only for those who are completely immobile or bedridden.

International cooperation answer to challenge posed by Covid pandemic, Jaishankar says

PTI -
Addressing the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Italy, Jaishankar said vaccine equity will be the immediate test and real economy needs decentralised globalisation.
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