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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.

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Faye Flam -
On social media, users get cues that lead to mobbing and piling on, and fake accounts or automated 'bots' can give the illusion that vast crowds are impressed or outraged by a news.

How effective is omicron-specific vaccine — all you need to know about variant-targeted shots

Therese Raphael -
The omicron variant poses a puzzle for vaccine makers with a new study raising doubts on whether such a variant-specific shot is worth it.

Student enrolment in non-pvt schools in Assam rises during pandemic

PTI -
By Trideep Lahkar Guwahati, Feb 8 (PTI) The total number of students in all government, aided and non-private schools across Assam has increased by...

India logs 67,597 new Covid cases, 1,188 fatalities in last 24 hours

PTI -
Daily positivity rate was recorded at 5.02 per cent while the weekly positivity rate stood at 8.30 per cent. Active cases have declined to 9,94,891, according to health ministry.

Covid-19: Emergency in Canada capital over truckers’ protest, South Korea hits 1 million cases

Tenzin Zompa -
ThePrint brings you some important global stories on the coronavirus pandemic.

India registers 83,876 fresh Covid cases, 7.25% positivity rate in last 24 hours

PTI -
The number of active cases in the country declined further to 11,08,938, comprising 2.62% of the total infections. The national Covid-19 recovery rate improved to 96.19%.

Single-day COVID-19 tally dips below 500-mark in Bihar, positivity rate 0.34 pc

PTI -
Patna, Feb 4 (PTI) Bihar’s single-day COVID-19 tally dipped below 500 on Friday, the first time since January 3, as 496 new cases were...

India’s Covid fatalities crosses 5 lakh, becomes country with 3rd highest death rate in world

PTI -
Trailing behind the US and Brazil, the country took 217 days to reach 5 lakh deaths from 4 lakh recorded on July last year, the longest time taken to record 1 lakh fatalities.

Vaccination significantly reduces risk of death from Covid, finds ICMR study 

Abantika Ghosh -
Study analysed patients admitted in 37 hospitals under the National Clinical Registry of Covid 19. An overwhelming number of people who died had comorbidities.

If there’s a poster child for a govt’s poor Covid response anywhere in the world, it’s Iran

Jon B. Alterman -
Iran's Covid infection rates were among the highest in the world. It has had five death waves, but vaccine hesitancy is still high.
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