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.

Did Covid stop Indians from going to UK, US to study? Nope—universities were flooded instead

Peter Hurley - December 26, 2021

Covid-19 caused a large fall in new international students. But source countries India and Nigeria have rebounded strongly.

With ‘precaution doses’ approved in India, here’s what we know about Covid vaccine boosters

Mohana Basu - December 26, 2021

PM Modi announced Saturday that booster doses would be rolled out from 10 January. Scientific studies have found that protection wanes after the 2nd dose, and recommended boosters.

Night curfew in Karnataka for 10 days from 28 December

PTI - December 26, 2021

The Karnataka government also announced certain restrictions for New Year related parties and gatherings, amid fresh Covid-19 concerns.

Delhi logs 249 new Covid cases, highest rise in 6 months, positivity rate jumps to 0.43%

PTI - December 25, 2021

The rise is the steepest since 13 June when Delhi registered 255 new infections in a day. The spike in positivity rate was also the highest since 9 June.

The ‘Great Reshuffle’ has people rethinking their jobs. Here’s what they want going forward

Simon Torkington - December 25, 2021

Employees are thinking differently about career planning and asking themselves fundamental questions about the jobs they do, where they work and why.

Centre to send teams to 10 states with high Covid cases & low vaccination rate

Simrin Sirur - December 25, 2021

Health ministry says teams will be deployed to Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Mizoram, Karnataka, Bihar, UP, Jharkhand, and Punjab.

183 of 358 Omicron cases analysed, 87 fully vaccinated and 70% asymptomatic, Modi govt says

PTI - December 24, 2021

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan Friday also said that 121 cases had foreign travel history, while in 44 cases the infected had come in contact with foreign travellers.

Delhi govt collects Rs 1.54 cr in last two days as fine for Covid protocol violations

PTI - December 24, 2021

The maximum number of cases of Covid protocol violation has been registered from East Delhi and North Delhi among the 11 districts of the city, Delhi government Friday announced.

Covid pandemic: Highest single-day deaths in S Korea, Australia shortens gap for booster dose

Unnati Sharma - December 24, 2021

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

US clears Merck’s Covid pill as it weighs how to ration Pfizer drug

Josh Wingrove - December 24, 2021

Regulators are signaling they prefer Pfizer’s pill, which they’ve bought more of, but the US will have a lot more early on of Merck’s pill, which is 'better' than no treatment.

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