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.

The isolation of Bhuvan Shome is all too real in a time of social distancing

Samira Sood - March 28, 2020

Mrinal Sen’s classic New Wave film starring Utpal Dutt also launched the career of Amitabh Bachchan who went on to become a superstar.

DD’s Lord Ram, Lord Krishna say Ramayan and Mahabharat hold lessons even for Netflix gen

Neelam Pandey - March 28, 2020

Actors Arun Govil and Nitish Bharadwaj talk about the national lockdown, Ramayan and Mahabharat being rerun and Modi govt's efforts to tackle coronavirus.

6 steps every country needs to take now to fight coronavirus: WHO

Linda Lacina - March 28, 2020

WHO has asked for aggressive measures to find, isolate, test, treat and trace people with Covid-19.

Infosys employee arrested for social media post urging people to ‘spread the virus’

Rohini Swamy - March 28, 2020

Mujeeb Mohammed was also sacked by the IT company for urging people to go out and spread the virus on Facebook.

Italy & Spain’s deadliest days prove the worst is far from over

Rodrigo Orihuela - March 28, 2020

Italy, which now has a total 86,498 coronavirus cases, reported 969 deaths in 24 hours, while Spain reported 769 deaths.

Clapping to slapping — India did everything other than social distancing this week

Sumaira Rizvi - March 28, 2020

When PM Modi imposed a lockdown to flatten the coronavirus curve, little did he know how difficult social distancing would be for Indians.

Coronavirus has increased political distancing between Rahul Gandhi and Congress old guard

Neelam Pandey - March 28, 2020

Rahul Gandhi, who first spoke about coronavirus in a 12 Feb tweet, is continuing to criticise Modi govt, while other Congress leaders are welcoming its moves.

World has entered recession, may recover next year: IMF

PTI - March 28, 2020

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said the key to recovery would be the world's success in containing the virus and preventing liquidity problems from becoming a solvency issue.

India didn’t create Covid-19 problem, but a better system would’ve helped us cope better

TN Ninan - March 28, 2020

Covid-19 has exposed India’s strengths, which lie at various levels, and weaknesses, such as the medicare system and fiscal constraints.

Modi’s India isn’t Mao’s China. Silly forecasts assume we’ll let corona kill millions of us

Shekhar Gupta - March 28, 2020

There are many scary scenarios about how badly we Indians may be affected or how many killed by Covid-19. But they presume we will do nothing to influence our fates.

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