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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 logs 13,085 fresh Covid cases, 164 deaths in 24 hours

PTI -
The active cases declined to 1,83,118, the lowest in 227 days. The national Covid recovery rate stands at 98.14%, the highest since March 2020, according to health ministry data.

Govt gets ready to celebrate 100-cr vaccine doses, but October numbers are lowest since July

Abantika Ghosh -
In October, 53.21 lakh vaccine doses were administered on an average every day. Not once has the 1-crore per day mark been breached even though vaccine availability is no longer a concern.

Women have borne the brunt of the pandemic. Here’s how the UN is going to address it

Douglas Broom -
Women have suffered more economic distress, violence, and carried the burden of caring throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

2021’s Covid outbreak in Delhi shows herd immunity against Delta difficult, study says

PTI -
The study also stated that Delta variant was 30-70% more transmissible than previous SARS-CoV-2 lineages & the 2020 Covid outbreak in Delhi was unrelated to any variant of concern.

India builds up Covid vaccine stocks as it readies to restart global shipments

Sudhi Ranjan Sen -
In the stockpile of 250 million doses, Covishield makes up the bulk, while the rest are Covaxin. India will restart exports some 6 months after it was halted due to the second wave.

Global debt jumps to $226 trillion, India’s dues projected to rise to 90.6% in 2021 — IMF

Lalit K Jha -
According to IMF, debt levels increased fast due to Covid and the policies put in place to respond to it.

Covid-19 pandemic: Hundreds of cops died from virus in US, Russia reports record daily deaths

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ThePrint brings you some of the important global stories on the coronavirus pandemic.

Why tiny Mizoram has emerged as Covid hotspot with 17% positivity rate as rest of India sees drop

Angana Chakrabarti -
Officials in Mizoram’s health department point to a variety of factors that could have led to the recent surge, including a large ‘vulnerable population’ and ‘targeted testing’.

Covid-19: Sydney exits lockdown after 4 months, while Romania struggles with 4th wave

Unnati Sharma -
ThePrint brings you some of the important global stories on the coronavirus pandemic.

Beware of Covid this festive season, only 6% Indians see ‘good’ social distancing around them

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
Survey released by LocalCircles based on 65,000 responses from 366 districts also shows only 13% people say there’s more than 90% compliance with masking protocols.
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