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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.

Sri Lanka to lift nationwide curfew on 27 April

PTI -
Sri Lanka reported its highest one-day infection total, 49, Friday. It has so far recorded 414 cases, of whom over 100 have fully recovered.

How coronavirus will forever change airlines and the way we fly

Angus Whitley -
Changes in cabin configurations, passenger testing, and a switch to only essential travel may become the norm soon.

Parents anxious over food, but boredom biggest peeve for kids, Delhi lockdown helpline finds

Aneesha Bedi -
Parents who have approached the lockdown helpline run by Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights have largely raised concerns about rations.

Not just US, its adversaries China and Russia are struggling under Covid-19 too

Eli Lake -
Russia’s public health system won't be able to handle the number of Covid-19 cases the country is likely to suffer. China has reported its first economic contraction in 28 years.

Rajasthan and Kerala can teach the world how to fight coronavirus

Taruka Srivastav -
During the Covid-19 crisis, people in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara went into health screening while Kerala launched an app to check the spread of fake information.

Trump is a machine-learning algorithm gone wrong

Cathy O'Neil -
In the age of the novel coronavirus, Trump's running low on data from his usual sources of information —campaign rallies, polling and Fox News.

US Navy wants to reinstate captain fired for highlighting Covid-19 outbreak on carrier

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Captain Brett E. Crozier was fired after a letter he wrote to top Navy officials about a Covid-19 outbreak on USS Theodore Roosevelt was leaked to media.

After 16 Covid deaths, Punjab is struggling to explain its high mortality rate

Taran Deol -
The Covid-19 death rate in Punjab is 5.7% against a national average of 3.1%, even though it has a far lower number of cases than many other states.

This is how India’s Left and Right read Covid-19 numbers differently

Rukmini S -
The answer to if India is managing the coronavirus pandemic or is it getting out of hand keeps changing depending on the indicator one chooses to assess.

‘Low testing, no healthcare’ — residents of Ahmedabad’s hotspots cry for govt help

Simrin Sirur -
Ahmedabad is one of India’s worst-affected cities with over 1,200 Covid-19 cases. Residents in its poorer areas say the government has abandoned them.
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