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Topic: COVID-19

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 virus spreads through liquid particles when the infected person coughs, sneezes or breathes – it has a high multiplication rate. Therefore, the world had taken measures to quarantine or isolate those infected. While the disease can be mild and recoverable, those older or with underlying medical conditions are more likely to be adversely affected. The disease caused according to WHO estimates 3 million deaths in 2020.

3 BJP MLAs taken into custody for violating lockdown norms in Siliguri, released later

PTI -
Shankar Ghosh, Anandamoy Burman and Sikha Chattopadhyay were protesting against the alleged lack of measures on part of state govt to check rising Covid deaths in north Bengal.

States, UTs have 1.84 cr Covid vaccines, to receive 51 lakh more in next 3 days, Centre says

PTI -
The health ministry said that Centre has so far provided more than 20 crore vaccine doses to states and UTs of which the total consumption including wastages, is 18,43,67,772 doses.

PM Modi speaks to CMs of UP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Puducherry on Covid situation

PTI -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been regularly speaking to chief ministers to take stock of the pandemic's situation in states and union territories.

There’s a gap between govt data & reality of India’s Covid deaths. Local media is bridging it

Jeanette Rodrigues -
While UP data says about 300 are dying daily, Dainik Bhaskar documented about 2,000 bodies. In Gujarat, over 65,000 more death certificates were issued than the official Covid count.

1,000 children under 9 years of age contract Covid in last 10 days in Uttarakhand

ANI -
According to the Uttarakhand health department, 2,131 children had contracted the infection in the last one year, while 264 children tested positive from 1 April to 15 April.

Vaccination of frontline, healthcare workers in Delhi below national average, says Centre

PTI -
Amid Delhi govt's criticism of Centre's vaccination policy, Niti Aayog's VK Paul said the overall coverage of single-dose for healthcare workers is 89% compared to 78% in Delhi.

Got vaccinated against Covid and experienced no side effects? It’s okay

Veenu Manoharan -
Does a lack of side effects mean my immune system hasn’t been primed to protect me? It means no such thing.

Lockdown extended in Delhi till 24 May, Kejriwal says gains made so far can’t be lost now

PTI -
The Covid situation in the national capital has been improving with the number of cases and positivity rate going down steadily in the past few days.

When will US send vaccines to India? It may not have the doses

Drew Armstrong -
While it might seem simple to box up spare vaccines and send them out, reality is far more complex. There is no stockpile of millions of Moderna doses in a warehouse, ready to go.

India records 3.11 lakh new Covid cases, 4,077 deaths in past 24 hours

PTI -
Active cases have reduced to 36.18 lakh comprising 14.66 per cent of total infections, while national recovery rate has improved to 84.25 per cent, according to health ministry data.
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