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.

Italy prioritises younger patients for treatment, in a war-like triage to tackle coronavirus

Mohana Basu - 12 March, 2020

This is being done as part of guidelines released by Italian authorities, similar to war-time triage, focussing on maximising population survival over individual care.

102 yrs before COVID-19, India braved The Bombay Fever pandemic that killed over 10 mn

Angana Chakrabarti - 12 March, 2020

The Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918 had claimed somewhere between 50 and 100 million lives worldwide, with India accounting for almost a fifth of the global death toll.

MEA set to brief foreign envoys on coronavirus, will allay concerns over travel advisory

Nayanima Basu - 12 March, 2020

Pakistan, Italy & Ireland have cancelled national day celebrations and embassy events, some diplomats plan to leave India ‘for the time being’.

Coronavirus cases rise to 73 in India with 13 new patients confirmed

PTI - 12 March, 2020

The fresh cases include nine from Maharashtra, and one each from Delhi, Ladakh and Uttar Pradesh as well as one foreign national.

Jaishankar says govt’s initial focus is to bring back Indian pilgrims stranded in Iran

PTI - 12 March, 2020

Around 6,000 Indians are stranded in Iran, including 1,100 pilgrims and 300 students, external affairs minister Jaishankar told Lok Sabha.

Delhi HC directs Centre to contact Indian students stranded in coronavirus-hit Iran

PTI - 12 March, 2020

The Delhi High Court said it will not tolerate non-compliance and asked for a report from the Centre on 17 March.

NBA’s Rudy Gobert down with coronavirus, days after he mockingly touched reporters’ mics

Taran Deol - 12 March, 2020

Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert tested positive for coronavirus ahead of his game against Oklahoma City Thunder Wednesday, which prompted the NBA to suspend its ongoing season.

Corona vacation, why some millennials only see cheap flights and resorts in the pandemic

Kairvy Grewal - 12 March, 2020

It doesn’t look like millennials fear for their lives because they are “here for a good time, not a long time”.

COVID-19: Kaushik Basu wants global ‘task force’ & Bahar Dutt sees a silver lining

Pia Krishnankutty - 12 March, 2020

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Kaushik Basu, Sajjid Z. Chinoy, Somasekhar Sundaresan and Arvind Panagariya.

In epicenter Wuhan, coronavirus cases drop to single-digit for the first time

PTI - 12 March, 2020

The number of new fatalities in China has also seen a sharp dip. However, there is a surge in 'imported COVID-19 cases' (people arriving from abroad).

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