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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.

FCI says it sent record foodgrains for the poor, blames states for shoddy distribution

Samyak Pandey -
According to FCI, states have lifted 40.03 LMT of foodgrains but distributed only 19.63 LMT among beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana.  

Covid-19 tally in Delhi reaches 2,918 with 293 fresh cases registered in a single day

PTI -
According to Delhi govt, no fresh deaths were reported Sunday, and while 877 have been cured till date, a total of 1,987 cases are still active

After Franklin’s funds freeze, a contagion risk is building in India’s credit market

Divya Patil -
Authorities will be forced to take steps to keep credit markets functioning & the mutual fund industry will be a key focus, market experts say.

Don’t target entire communities for acts of few, says Mohan Bhagwat in YouTube address

Fatima Khan -
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Bhagwat said, people should help everyone without discrimination.

Covid vaccine could come in a year, but life-as-usual years away, says WHO chief scientist

Sandhya Ramesh -
At ThePrint’s Off The Cuff, WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan sought to bust many myths around Covid-19, including its rumoured origin in a Wuhan lab.

International travellers can shrink from 1.4 billion to under 1 billion due to Covid-19

Faizan Ali -
The numbers for international travellers haven’t fallen this low in five years.

Prolonged lockdown may push millions into ‘margins of subsistence’: Former RBI Governor

PTI -
D. Subbarao also said that India will have a 'V-shaped' recovery and it is going to perform better than most other countries in this crisis.

In Tamil Nadu, blocking the funeral of ‘notified disease’ patient can get you 3 yrs in jail

PTI -
The decision comes after protests over the burial of 2 doctors who died of Covid-19 in TN forced authorities to look for alternative sites.

Tablighi foreigners were right under Modi govt’s nose, it should have stopped them: Baghel

D.K. Singh -
In an interview with ThePrint, Chhattisgarh CM Baghel discussed the state’s efforts to tackle Covid-19 & lashed out at Modi govt.

‘Not worth time & effort’ – Trump skips daily Covid press briefing after disinfectant gaffe

PTI -
Trump garnered a lot of flak after he suggested this week that 'disinfectant injections' may be explored as a possible Covid-19 treatment.
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