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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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Bailey Lipschultz -
Byte's customers buy a do-it yourself impression kit, which they send it to the company for an orthodontists' assessment, and is followed up with an email or phone consultation.

Flowers ending up as ‘cheap cattle feed’ — floriculturists turn to fruits as trade wilts

Samyak Pandey -
Floriculturists say Covid fears and lockdown have damaged their business across India and exports too as flowers are considered a luxury item.

Narendra Modi govt has failed India in its hour of need — both economy and people

Yogendra Yadav -
As India goes for a free fall due to Covid and lockdown, insensitive would be too mild a word to characterise Modi government’s shameful handling of the crisis.

Kejriwal govt begins ‘verification’ process as discrepancy over Delhi’s Covid deaths remains

Aneesha Bedi -
Data from the South and North Delhi municipal corporations on cremations and burials puts the death toll at over 400 more than the government's count.

Delhi violating ICMR, WHO norms by not Covid-testing the dead. But it’s not the only state

Aneesha Bedi -
Experts are divided on testing dead bodies for Covid but say classification of death is important. West Bengal is another state that is not testing patients after death.

Courts set new bail conditions — register as ‘Covid-19 warrior’, download Aarogya Setu app

Apoorva Mandhani -
In over 20 orders passed Monday & Tuesday, MP High Court cited ‘fundamental duties’ to instruct accused to volunteer with district authorities as 'Covid warriors'.

8 top CRPF officers transferred overnight, cadre accuses IPS brass of ‘foul play’

Sanya Dhingra -
MHA calls the transfers 'routine activity' while an IPS officer in CRPF says the orders, issued in February, have been implemented now since the situation is better.

TM Krishna on what being left really means, Vijay Gokhale decodes China’s new diplomacy

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Your pet dog can get Covid-19 from you, study finds. But we don’t know how it affects them

Sandhya Ramesh -
Two dogs in Hong Kong not only tested positive for Covid-19 but also produced antibodies, indicating human-to-dog transmission. But a lot still remains a mystery.

Rupee rises 6 paise to 75.60 against US dollar in early trade

PTI -
Forex traders said a positive start of domestic stocks supported the local unit, while sustained foreign fund outflows and concerns over Covid weighed on the local unit.
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