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Topic: COVID-19

Can I catch COVID from the pool? Not from the water but watch out for changing rooms

Your Covid risk is greater indoors than it is outdoors, where contaminated air is more likely to be whisked away on air currents.

India records 19,740 new Covid infections, 248 deaths in last 24 hours

Active cases have declined to 2,36,643 and comprise 0.70% of total infections, and the national recovery rate has been recorded at 97.98%, according to health ministry data.

India registers 21,257 new Covid cases, 271 deaths in last 24 hours

Active cases declined to 2,40,221, the lowest in last 205 days, while the daily rise in Covid cases remained below 30,000 for 14th day in a row.

Govt prepared to handle 5 lakh Covid cases a day, NITI Aayog’s V K Paul says

Paul stressed that preparations don't mean that such a high number of infections will be reported in the future.

Current situation can’t be taken for granted, health ministry warns ahead of festive season

Health ministry joint secretary Lav Agarwal Thursday asked people to watch 'October, November, December' as a Covid resurgence is possible during the festive season.

The three factors influencing India’s December deadline for Covid vaccination

The goal of vaccinating all adults by 31st December 2021 is not as unrealistic as it may have seemed earlier.

Covid-19: Workers flee Ho Chi Minh City as lockdown eases & S Korea to vaccinate pregnant women

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

Steroid use, diabetes among 5 reasons why India has 71% of world’s black fungus cases: Study

Diabetes, high steroid use, unsanitary conditions, changes in iron metabolism and lack of ventilation are the most likely reasons for this medical crisis, researchers said.

14% young Indians depressed in Covid times, most unwilling to talk about it: UNICEF report

UNICEF’s latest ‘State of the World’s Children’ report, first to focus on mental health, says social stigma makes children and young adults unwilling to share their problems.

Have big plans for Covid ‘revenge travel’? ICMR study warns it could worsen 3rd wave

Study conducted by ICMR and Imperial College London says travelling with a vengeance after being cooped up at home could cause a higher peak in February-March 2022.

On Camera

Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

Iran’s Shahab-3, India’s Agni-1 to US’s Minuteman III—ballistic missile arsenals, who has what

Iran used Shahab-3, along with Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles, to attack Israel after the killing of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in air strikes on Lebanon's Beirut.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?