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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.

No, the Western media isn’t biased in reporting Indian Covid. Here’s why

Rama Lakshmi -
If Covid is the biggest human tragedy of our times, then journalists have to show it, tell it, write it. There is no nationalism involved in journalism.

Rajasthan govt importing oxygen concentrators from Russia, China

PTI -
The Rajasthan government said Saturday that it also plans to purchase more than 28,000 such machines from different countries this month.

SC forms 12-member task force to ensure scientific distribution of oxygen to states, UTs

PTI -
The top court said Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan will be ex-officio member of the task force.

Delhi records 17,364 new Covid-19 cases, 332 deaths

PTI -
The positivity rate in the national capital remained below 25 per cent for the third consecutive day, according to a health bulletin.

Covid protocols up in the air in Hyderabad’s Eid markets, vendors say need to earn

Rishika Sadam -
Locals & police point out that the crowd turning out is not even one-tenth of the usual. Vendors also note their necessity to earn. But this has meant laxity in Covid-apt behaviour.

DCGI approves anti-Covid drug developed by DRDO for emergency use

PTI -
The drug has been developed by Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), a leading laboratory of DRDO, in collaboration with Dr Reddy's Laboratories in Hyderabad.

India could see 1 million deaths due to Covid by August, Lancet says

Fatima Khan -
A Lancet editorial quotes estimates by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. While criticising India’s handling of the crisis, it suggests increasing vaccination pace.

Here is an early warning system for the next surge of coronavirus variants

Bart Weimer -
When it comes to public health, it’s time to integrate genome sequencing with infectious disease tracking. We won’t have to wait for a surge.

Covid is unlikely to be eliminated — here’s how we’ll treat it in the future

Tom Wingfield -
If we assume Covid will become endemic in the future, we need to start planning for surges now.

Funerals jump 166% but less than half listed as Covid deaths shows Delhi’s real toll is higher

Tenzin Zompa -
Delhi's second wave has seen huge jump in non-Covid deaths, indicating infected people are either dying at home or before they're confirmed positive, or after false negative tests.
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