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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 expert panel’s recommendations on Covaxin for kids being examined, Modi govt informs RS

PTI -
In a written reply, MoS Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said additional information has been requested at the level of Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation for the examination.

Centre asks states, UTs to ramp up testing amid concern over Omicron variant

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Health ministry also asked states and UTs to focus on containment, surveillance, monitoring of hotspots, increased coverage of vaccination and augmenting health infrastructure.

Omicron needs 3 evolutionary surprises to wreak havoc

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Scientists have been so surprised by the number of mutations in omicron that they’ve been calling it 'insane', but they don’t yet know what they mean.

Vaccine inequity can lead to more Covid variants, waive IP rights immediately, India warns WTO

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New variant Omicron has put ‘spotlight’ back on the fact that there exists ‘discrimination between vaccinated and unvaccinated people’, India said at a WTO meet in Geneva.

India logs 6,990 new Covid cases, lowest in 551 days

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The active cases comprise 0.29% of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national recovery rate has improved to 98.35%, the highest since March 2020.

Will examine if states’ orders mandating vaccination not proportional to personal liberty: SC

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Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the petitioner, said the issue has become serious as Tamil Nadu & Maharashtra have said unvaccinated people can't come out of their houses.

No Omicron case detected in India yet, senior govt official says

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Amid rising concerns over Omicron, designated by WHO as 'variant of concern', the Centre has announced stricter guidelines for travellers from or transiting through ‘at-risk’ countries.

Saudi Arabia has withdrawn ban on travellers from India, Centre tells Kerala HC

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The court was hearing a plea by a man who had received two Covaxin doses and was seeking a third jab of an internationally accepted vaccine so that he can go back to the Gulf nation.

How Omicron will hurt global recovery: Economists spell out possibilities

Enda Curran -
The worst case scenario would be a return to growth-crippling lockdowns, which would threaten already strained supply chains and damage recovering demand.

Covid-19 pandemic: Japan to ban foreign arrivals, Philippines to vaccinate 9 mn people in 3 days

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