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.

Delta or B1.617.2 variant of Covid now dominant in UK, comes with risk of hospitalisation

Aditi Khanna - June 4, 2021

London: The Delta variant of COVID-19, or the B1.617.2 highly transmissible variant of concern (VOC) first identified in India, has now become the dominant...

Delhi govt forms 4-member panel to look into deaths due to oxygen shortage, awaits LG’s nod

PTI - June 4, 2021

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said the committee will look into each case and decide whether the death happened due to the shortage of oxygen.

We may never know origin of Covid, China must help find answer, says Fauci

Pia Krishnankutty - June 4, 2021

US's top infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci said he would like to see medical records of lab workers who fell sick in China, but maintained Covid most likely jumped from animals to humans.

PM Modi lauds scientists for developing ‘made-in-India’ Covid vaccines within a year

PTI - June 4, 2021

Addressing a CSIR meeting, PM Modi reiterated his call for 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat', saying the Covid crisis may have slowed its pace but the resolve remains the same.

‘We travel 22km to send a WhatsApp’ — vaccine slot a distant reality for 118 Bihar villages

Jyoti Yadav - June 4, 2021

Lack of internet connectivity adds to challenge posed by vaccine hesitancy in Bihar’s remote Adhaura block. Authorities want vaccination drive to go offline.

Zydus Cadila gets nod for clinical trials of monoclonal antibodies cocktail to treat Covid

ANI - June 4, 2021

Zydus said that its biological therapy ZRC-3308, a cocktail of two SARS-CoV-2-neutralising monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) can emerge as one of the main treatments for mild Covid.

India’s forex reserves may have crossed record $600 bn: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

PTI - June 4, 2021

The country's foreign exchange reserves rose by $2.865 billion to a record high of $592.894 billion for the week ended 21 May, boosted by gold and currency assets, as per RBI data.

India records 1.32 lakh new Covid cases, recovery rate crosses 93%

PTI - June 4, 2021

According to health ministry data, daily positivity was recorded at 6.38% while active cases were below 20 lakh for the fourth consecutive day.

This all-women Bengal team is ‘smashing stereotypes’, helping patients with food & medicine

Madhuparna Das - June 4, 2021

This Covid aid group is led by two govt school teachers, Monisha Banerjee, who is also the principal of a government school at Rampurhat, and Barnali Basu.

Covid flip-flops, ‘friendship’ with top Chinese scientist — what Anthony Fauci emails reveal

Pia Krishnankutty - June 4, 2021

Washington Post, Buzzfeed News and CNN accessed over 3,000 pages of emails, between January and June 2020. Documents show how the top US expert handled the pandemic.

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