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.

Seven more test positive for Covid-19 in Kashmir, total reaches 27

PTI - March 28, 2020

Officials say 4 patients have a history of contact with already positive cases in a religious congregation while the other 3 had travel history outside the state.

Army may recall retd personnel with medical expertise if fight against Covid-19 intensifies

Snehesh Alex Philip - March 28, 2020

The Army has made a composite list of all those who retired in the last two years, especially focussing on those with medical expertise and trained technicians.

Journalist behind story of Dalits eating grass in Varanasi district gets notice

Prashant Srivastava - March 28, 2020

District administration says report is fabricated, DM Kaushal Raj Sharma says Dalits eating ‘wild pulses’, but journalist stands by story.

Johns Hopkins University disassociates from study on India’s possible Covid-19 cases

Angana Chakrabarti - March 28, 2020

The study titled ‘COVID-19 for India Updates’ had gone viral on social media last week and predicted that India will have more than 12 crore Covid-19 cases.

Modi calls Kashmiri student, Pune nurse to boost morale during Covid-19 lockdown

ThePrint Team - March 28, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally called Nizamur Rehman, who returned from China, and Chhaya Jagtap, a nurse treating coronavirus patients.

Tinkle and Amar Chitra Katha, the comics we grew up with that grew up with us

Shubhangi Misra - March 28, 2020

The iconic comics that were our best friends decades ago are still there for us while we self-isolate in lockdown.

Why disease and xenophobia go hand in hand

David Fickling - March 28, 2020

The central human fallacy is to assume that if international travel helps spread disease, a perceived “foreign” group is most likely to be carriers.

Bengaluru police chief took kickbacks from e-commerce firm, alleges Karnataka deputy CM

Rohini Swamy - March 28, 2020

High-level meeting chaired by CM leaves commissioner Bhaskar Rao in tears after deputy CM alleges he received kickbacks for curfew passes offered to a few e-commerce firms.

Meet the Pune woman behind the first Indian Covid-19 testing kits

Angana Chakrabarti - March 28, 2020

Mylab Discovery Solutions sent its kits to 150 diagnostic centres in Pune, Mumbai, Delhi, Goa and Bengaluru this week.

OPDs shut, surgeries put off: Private hospitals write to finance minister for emergency fund

Himani Chandna - March 28, 2020

Corporate hospitals have sought an emergency relief fund that could be released through pending payments under CGHS, ECHS, exemption of GST & loan moratorium.

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