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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.

Disbelief, guilt, regret, amusement — when a Covid reporter herself tests positive

Simrin Sirur -
We hadn’t touched anyone, sanitised as often as we could, stayed at least 1m away from people, and yet found our false sense of invincibility crushed.

Antibody from llamas could help block coronavirus entry into cells, say researchers

Mohana Basu -
A smart band to help maintain social distancing to an old arthritis drug for lung damage, ThePrint brings you the top 5 research on Covid-19.

Remdesivir has clear-cut, positive effect on cutting Covid recovery time, says top US doctor

Swagata Yadavar -
The claims of Dr Anthony Fauci come at the time a study in The Lancet has said ‘remdesivir is not associated with statistically significant clinical benefits’.

Bengal ranks lowest among all major states on Covid tests, even lower than Bihar, Jharkhand

Madhuparna Das -
West Bengal is the country’s 4th most populous state but has one of the worst testing rates. CM Mamata Banerjee has blamed it on faulty kits and delayed approval to labs.

Don’t suffer alone — India and the world need to act against China’s intimidation tactics

Rajesh Rajagopalan -
Countries in the region are speaking against China’s aggressiveness. President of Philippines Rodrigo Duterte criticised its actions against Vietnam.

What a second wave of Covid-19 could look like

Max Nisen -
One model of Covid-19’s future transmission dynamics suggests the size of outbreaks will vary drastically depending on seasonality and duration of people’s immunity.

Signs of rift in AIADMK as CM Palaniswami pulls health minister Vijayabaskar from briefings

Rohini Swamy -
AIADMK insiders and political anaylsts say Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami was uncomfortable with Vijayabaskar’s growing profile in the early days of the Covid-19 crisis.

TB patients badly hit by lockdown — 80% drop in diagnosis, huge struggle for medicines

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India accounts for over one-fourth of TB cases around the world, and experts fear there could be a surge in numbers once the Covid-19 lockdown is lifted.

Indian govt has multiple legal options to force citizens to vaccinate against Covid

Rangin Pallav Tripathy -
The coronavirus pandemic has restarted global debate on anti-vaxxers. But Indian law is already prepared to face a public health issue such as this.

Pakistani cleric close to Imran Khan has found what caused coronavirus pandemic

Naila Inayat -
At PM Imran Khan’s live telethon to raise funds for the Covid battle, Maulana Tariq Jameel, an influential leader of Tablighi Jamaat, was the show-stopper.
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Defence

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National Interest

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

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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?

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