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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.

Return of migrant workers leads to abrupt rise in Covid-19 cases in Uttarakhand

PTI -
17 people have tested positive since migrants began returning to the state from either Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana or Delhi.

Coronavirus has forced 51% non-STEM Indian students to drop plan to study abroad: QS report

Kritika Sharma -
The QS report says the Covid-19 pandemic has overall affected the decision of 48.46% Indian students who aspired to study abroad.

Delhi AIIMS tests popular cancer drug to see if it can prevent mild Covid from getting severe

Himani Chandna -
Results of the AIIMS trial involving imatinib, which received the ethics committee’s nod in April, are likely by July. 

Coronavirus deaths climb to 2,752 in India, cases at 85,940

PTI -
According to the Union Health Ministry, India registered an increase of 103 deaths and 3,970 cases in the last 24 hours.

Unethical, unreasonable to ignore Ayurveda for Covid treatment & prevention, say researchers

Kritika Sharma -
Researchers say refusal to accept evidence in support of the immunomodulatory potential of AYUSH systems is ‘neither in the interests of people nor science’.

India is Asia’s new coronavirus hotspot as it overtakes China’s infection numbers

Ari Altstedter -
India saw 3,787 new infections Friday, bringing its total to 85,784, surpassing China’s 84,038 cases.

Over 500 foreigners linked to Tablighi Jamaat to be sent to makeshift detention centres

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Delhi Police are expediting the investigation against the foreigners, who have been booked for visa violation, after which they will be tried and deported accordingly.

Private Indian firms who got govt approval to make antibody tests hit a hurdle — the govt

Himani Chandna -
Indian diagnostic manufacturers have been trying to establish controlled access to Covid-positive samples, but they haven’t been able to so far. 

Covid-19 sniffer dogs — UK’s latest idea to tackle the spread of the virus

Alex Morales -
A £500,000 government program will back clinical trials to train dogs to see if they can spot Covid before symptoms even appear.

Where to worry about catching Covid-19, and where not to

Faye Flam -
Dining together and taking public transport might risk spreading the disease, but going to a market briefly or a transient encounter while you walk, those are low risks.
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