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.

Deepak Nayyar on govt’s ‘exit dilemma’, Dipankar Gupta promotes universal health care

Taran Deol - April 30, 2020

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Ram Madhav, Rohit Prasad, Kanika Datta and more.

Mirror says rich’s disease now poor’s burden, Mint’s ‘mutual crisis’, ET on restaurant woes

Pia Krishnankutty - April 30, 2020

A round-up of the most important reports in major newspapers around the country – from TOI and HT, Express and The Hindu to The Telegraph, Mumbai Mirror and The Tribune, as well as top financial dailies.

Don’t suffer alone — India and the world need to act against China’s intimidation tactics

Rajesh Rajagopalan - April 30, 2020

Countries in the region are speaking against China’s aggressiveness. President of Philippines Rodrigo Duterte criticised its actions against Vietnam.

How we’ve lost time in the race for a Covid-19 cure

Lionel Laurent - April 30, 2020

Despite much hype around several existing drugs, we still haven’t found a proven, evidence-based treatment for Covid-19.

USAID announces additional $3 million grant in support of India’s Covid-19 efforts

PTI - April 30, 2020

This additional funding is another example of the strong and enduring partnership between the US and India, a release issued by the US Embassy said.

What a second wave of Covid-19 could look like

Max Nisen - April 30, 2020

One model of Covid-19’s future transmission dynamics suggests the size of outbreaks will vary drastically depending on seasonality and duration of people’s immunity.

Signs of rift in AIADMK as CM Palaniswami pulls health minister Vijayabaskar from briefings

Rohini Swamy - April 30, 2020

AIADMK insiders and political anaylsts say Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami was uncomfortable with Vijayabaskar’s growing profile in the early days of the Covid-19 crisis.

TB patients badly hit by lockdown — 80% drop in diagnosis, huge struggle for medicines

Aneesha Bedi - April 30, 2020

India accounts for over one-fourth of TB cases around the world, and experts fear there could be a surge in numbers once the Covid-19 lockdown is lifted.

Indian govt has multiple legal options to force citizens to vaccinate against Covid

Rangin Pallav Tripathy - April 30, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has restarted global debate on anti-vaxxers. But Indian law is already prepared to face a public health issue such as this.

Pakistani cleric close to Imran Khan has found what caused coronavirus pandemic

Naila Inayat - April 30, 2020

At PM Imran Khan’s live telethon to raise funds for the Covid battle, Maulana Tariq Jameel, an influential leader of Tablighi Jamaat, was the show-stopper.

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Topic: Coronavirus

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