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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.

10 states account for 85 per cent of India’s total Covid cases, health ministry says

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The health ministry said 11 states have over one lakh active Covid-19 cases while eight have active cases between 50,000 and one lakh.

Mamata Banerjee’s brother Ashim dies after battling Covid-19 for a month

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The West Bengal chief minister's brother died at a hospital in Kolkata this morning, said family members. He had tested positive for Covid-19 nearly a month ago and was admitted since then.

What’s DGAFMS, Indian military’s medical wing leading the fight against Covid

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The Directorate General of Armed Forces Medical Service reports to the Department of Defence and not to the Department of Military Affairs or the CDS.

UK cites variant of Indian origin as reason for decreasing gap between vaccine doses

Sravasti Dasgupta -
The interval between the doses have been reduced from 12 weeks to 8 weeks. In contrast, India has increased the gap between Covishield doses to 12-16 weeks.

RECOVERY trial finds plasma doesn’t improve survival in hospitalised Covid patients: Lancet

Sravasti Dasgupta -
The study cautions against the use of plasma therapy due to insufficient evidence on its efficacy.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announces oxygen concentrator banks for home isolated patients

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The 11 districts of Delhi will be given 200 oxygen concentrators each and these will be provided to patients in home isolation on the recommendation of doctors.

Delhi Police registers 17 FIRs, arrests 15 people for posters critical of PM Modi

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Giving details, police said three FIRs were registered in northeast Delhi and two persons were arrested from the area.

Covid-positive and pregnant? The risk to your child is low

Mikael Norman -
Babies born to Covid-positive women do not need to be separated from their mothers at birth.

PM Modi chairs high-level meeting on India’s Covid-19 situation, vaccination drive

PTI -
The prime minister has been holding regular review meetings on the pandemic situation. The second wave of surge in infections started from March.

India records 3.26 lakh new Covid-19 cases, 3,890 deaths

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The active cases have reduced to 36,73,802 and comprise 15.07 per cent of the total infections, according to Union health ministry data.
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