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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.

Singapore approves new test that screens breath for Covid, delivers result in a minute

Derek Wallbank -
Breathonix test, that works like a standard breathalyzer, achieved sensitivity of 93% and specificity of 95% in one early Singapore-based pilot study of 180 patients.

India’s Covid death toll crosses 3 lakh-mark, third country after US, Brazil

PTI -
The country registered 2.22 lakh new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest figures in 38 days. The national Covid recovery rate has improved to 88.69%.

In Haryana’s Jind, mobile ‘corona havan’ with fumes from 50 herbs aims to kill ‘mystery virus’

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Organised by an Arya Samaj gurukul in Kalwa, the havan travels from village to village, hoping the smoke will make the areas disease-free.

Ramdev withdraws remarks on allopathic medicine after Health Minister Harsh Vardhan’s letter

PTI -
The yoga guru, however, asserted that allopathic doctors should also not mock Indian medical systems like ayurveda and yoga by calling it ‘pseudo-science’.

BJP claims Delhi gave Rs 1 cr Covid compensation only to a Muslim doctor, but there are others

Soniya Agrawal -
BJP claims Dr Anas Mujahid's family is the only one to have received the Delhi govt's Rs 1 crore compensation. Mujahid died early in May while on Covid duty.

3 ministers, 7 MLAs with hotels, resorts in focus as Goa welcomed tourists despite Covid wave

Manasi Phadke -
Goa govt’s argument for keeping tourism open was that restrictions would damage economy of beach state, a tourist hotspot that heavily depends on the sector.

Covid is short term, global investors are betting on India’s long term growth story

Subhadip Sircar -
One area of the market that’s booming is green debt. Indian firms have sold a record $4.1 billion of such notes so far in 2021.

Delhi govt was first under-counting Covid deaths. Now, it is over-counting

Aneesha Bedi -
Kejriwal govt’s daily health bulletins between 15 and 21 May counted more deaths each day than the corresponding tally from Delhi’s municipal corporations.

Antibiotics, zinc, steam: Kerala doctor wants black fungus cause hunt to go beyond steroids

Simrin Sirur -
Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, a leading gastroenterologist in Kerala, cites an analysis of 210 patients to state there are factors beyond steroid use and diabetes in emerging cases of mucormycosis.

Sunil Bansal, head of the dairy business of Ramdev’s Patanjali, dies of ‘Covid complications’

Himani Chandna -
Sunil Bansal, who had also worked with Amul and Mother Dairy in the past, passed away on 19 May. He had joined Patanjali dairy business in 2018.
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