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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.

‘Hybrid teaching’ to the rescue as colleges look for smooth run in 2021-22 session

Kritika Sharma -
India has initiated Covid vaccination, but experts suggest those who don’t qualify in 4 priority groups identified may have to wait until 2022 to get the shot. Colleges have taken note.

India’s active Covid-19 cases fall below 2 lakh for the first time since June

Kairvy Grewal -
ThePrint’s daily Covid tracker that brings you the numbers that matter — from total cases, tests done and recoveries to positivity rate and deaths.

Not just temples — Odisha makes big ecotourism push, eyes ‘top tourism destination’ tag  

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Across TV screens, newspapers, and hoardings, Odisha govt is presenting the state as the country’s ‘best-kept secret’, whose lakes, beaches, hills, and monuments haven’t got much attention.

Coronavirus likelier in air we breathe than surfaces touched — what scientists say we got wrong

Sandhya Ramesh -
A year into the pandemic, overwhelming scientific evidence points to the fact that Covid-19 is much likelier to spread through airborne transmission than by surface contact.

Security, Covid, Trump’s snub — how Biden inauguration will be different from all in past

Pia Krishnankutty -
This is the first time since 1869 that a departing US president won’t attend a successor’s ceremony. But that is not the only shift from tradition.

States need to address doubts & confusions to tackle vaccine hesitancy, says health ministry

Abantika Ghosh -
The government also said that none of the post-vaccination deaths in Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka have been causally related to the Covid vaccine.

Fewer than 50% healthcare workers get the Covaxin shot at 6 central hospitals in Delhi

Aneesha Bedi -
Out of a target of 1,250, a total of 551 health workers administered Covaxin on 16 and 18 January, shows data. While 314 got the shot Saturday, the number fell to 237 Monday.

It’s 2021 and the Indian bureaucracy remains the greatest impediment to progress

Shivam Vij -
Covid has exposed the worst of Indian bureaucracy, which puts paperwork over making people’s lives easier.

Why India must not forget to collect and crunch data on every vaccine shot given

Tulika Avni Sinha -
Without a data system, India is bound to land in a situation where minimal to nil insights are gained from possibly the largest vaccination drive in the world.

Why India will not see a big second wave of Covid-19

Nitin Pai -
Last August, I estimated that Covid-19 will end its epidemic phase in India by January 2021. It appears that this prediction was not too far off the mark.
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