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.

India registers 25,404 Covid cases, 339 deaths in last 24 hours

PTI - September 14, 2021

Active cases have declined to 3,62,207 and the daily positivity rate stood at 1.78%. According to the health ministry, the Covid vaccine has been administered to 75.22 crore people.

Covid fallout: Seven-fold rise in oxygen beds, 44-fold jump in ICU beds, govt tells SC

Abantika Ghosh - September 14, 2021

Since the Covid pandemic started, years of health infrastructure deficiencies have been addressed like never before, the government’s affidavit in Supreme Court shows.

1 cr/day target achieved, Modi govt looks to administer 100 cr Covid vaccines in next 3 months

Abantika Ghosh - September 14, 2021

If projections of all four vaccine companies in India — SII, Zydus Cadila, Bharat Biotech and Biological E — are met, India is likely to acquire 100 crore more doses between October and December 2021.

Vaccines effective even against Coronavirus variants, don’t need boosters yet, scientists say

Mohana Basu - September 14, 2021

In Lancet paper, scientists at WHO and FDA say giving initial vaccine protection to everyone is priority. Developing booster doses for potential variants a more effective strategy.

Covid made India’s child labour problem bigger. In Rajasthan, they slog 18 hrs/day for Rs 50

Tanushree Pandey - September 13, 2021

5 children died in the state between July 2020 & January 2021 due to abysmal working conditions and malnutrition. But kids are still working in bangle factories, dhabas etc.

Covid-19 pandemic: Italy sends Iraq AstraZeneca shots, South Africa to use vaccine passports

Raghav Bikhchandani - September 13, 2021

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

How Covid is on its way to becoming just another virus

David Fickling - September 13, 2021

With rising immunity from vaccinations, infections and booster shots, Covid-19 is no longer a horseman of the apocalypse but instead is gradually becoming 'just a virus'.

India logs 27,254 new Covid cases, 219 deaths in last 24 hours

PTI - September 13, 2021

The active cases have declined to 3,74,269, comprising 1.13% of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate was recorded at 97.54%, the health ministry said.

What the next 6 months of the Covid pandemic will bring

Michelle Cortez - September 13, 2021

The race between waves of transmission that lead to new variants & the battle to get the globe inoculated won’t be over until Covid has touched all.

Nagpur-based CSIR institute transfers saline gargle RT-PCR technology to MSME ministry

PTI - September 12, 2021

According to the ministry's statement, the know-how of the indigenously developed saline gargle RT-PCR technique has been transferred on a non-exclusive basis for commercialisation.

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