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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.

India records 624 Covid deaths in 24 hours as Goa, Kerala, Chandigarh update data

Mohana Basu -
Kerala, Chandigarh, Goa add 225, 256 and 94 deaths, respectively. India’s 7-day average of daily fatalities has mostly remained below 400 over the last month.

Booster shot of Pfizer vaccine can cut mortality from Delta variant by 90%, says Israeli study

Mohana Basu -
Data culled from 54-day study period involving 8 lakh participants aged over 50, some of whom had got the booster shot.

Effective against other variants, Regeneron antibody cocktail fails to tackle Omicron: Study

Mohana Basu -
The study, primarily involving researchers from the Frankfurt-based Goethe University, has not yet been peer-reviewed. It has been shared on the preprint portal medRxiv.

Slight uptick in cases in Bengaluru but don’t expect 2nd wave kind of scenario: Civic body chief

Anusha Ravi Sood -
BBMP Commissioner Gaurav Gupta says 'finding source of Omicron' is very difficult, but 'task at hand is to test, isolate patients and trace contacts of every case'.

AstraZeneca’s antibody cocktail gets US nod for Covid prevention in those with low immunity

Mohana Basu -
According to company Evusheld 'neutralises all previous SARs-CoV-2 variants to date'. AstraZeneca now intends to apply for approval in India.

Who will apologise for plasma therapy? It was a disaster for Covid-19, govt hospitals knew

Dr Kabir Sardana -
Hospitals shelved ICMR's reports that plasma therapy wasn't good. It was still rolled out, and people paid the price.

Health data cannot be fragmented and inaccessible. Modi govt needs a policy revamp

Priyadarshini D. -
The discussion around the exchange of personal and sensitive health info has largely focused on aspects of security and privacy of the data.

Omicron unlikely to completely evade antibodies, US study using AI tool suggests

Mohana Basu -
Results of the study, which is yet to be peer reviewed, indicate antibodies from vaccines or previous infection will provide some protection against Omicron, say researchers

India registers 8,439 new Covid cases, 195 deaths in last 24 hours

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Active cases count has declined to 93,733, comprising 0.27% of total infections and the national recovery rate was recorded at 98.36%, according to health ministry data.

Political leadership today lacks a critical element — empathy

Yuvraj Singh -
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