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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.

Covid-19 is our chance to teach kids empathy just like we train them in Maths and Science

Anantha K. Duraiappah -
Empathy, compassion and kindness should be taught in schools as it will help us form a peaceful and sustainable world after the Covid-19 crisis.

Mumbai’s high Covid count due to aggressive testing but 81% cases asymptomatic: BMC chief

Mohana Basu -
At ThePrint’s digital Off The Cuff, BMC Commissioner Praveen Pardeshi spoke in detail about how Mumbai is tackling the Covid-19 pandemic, including in Dharavi.

Gastroenterologist son of Communist leader is Mamata’s go-to man to fight Covid in Bengal

Madhuparna Das -
Abhijeet Choudhury heads Bengal's experts committee of doctors formed to combat Covid-19 and is convenor of the govt’s global advisory board led by Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee.

UK to start human trials of coronavirus vaccine tomorrow

Robert Hutton -
The vaccine trials will be of a drug developed at Oxford University and UK govt will give 20 million pounds to support the research.

Most Muslims in Punjab’s Malerkotla have Tablighi link. But that’s not their big Covid worry

Taran Deol -
A number of migrant daily wage earners and locals say state’s ration measures haven’t reached them. Some even said food provided is ‘inedible’.

Covid-19 fight is a Test match, not a T20. Here’s what India needs to do to win

Manjunath Shankar -
India has started well with the lockdown, but now, the Modi govt needs to look beyond short-term gains and produce a comprehensive strategy for the long haul.

India’s Covid deaths rise steadily but infection rate fluctuates in states: Data experts

Sandhya Ramesh -
Economists Shamika Ravi and Mudit Kapoor have been collating data on India's Covid-19 numbers to better understand the disease's trajectory in the country.

ICMR asks states to stop using rapid Covid-19 tests after complaints of patchy results

Swagata Yadavar -
India is currently using rapid antibody tests for Covid-19 from China, South Korea, Germany and France, alongside those from domestic manufacturers.

India set to export HCQ to Malaysia as two nations look past recent tensions in ties

Nayanima Basu -
India is learnt to have added Malaysia to the list of countries where it exports hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug touted as a promising cure for Covid-19.

UP’s ‘Agra model’ under scanner as Covid cases rise, govt says it’s due to increased testing

Prashant Srivastava -
Agra model was praised for curbing coronavirus, but cases have more than doubled in 10 days, and opposition parties are questioning UP’s Yogi Adityanath govt.
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Opinion

India should steer clear of an ‘Asian NATO’. Its strategic flexibility is at stake

Yusuf T. Unjhawala -
Japan PM Shigeru Ishiba’s proposal for an Asian NATO stems from his belief that the absence of a collective defence alliance could lead to wars. It’s a step too far for India.

Chinese are seeing India as going soft. Talk of ‘consensus’ over disengagement rings hollow

Bangladesh can’t afford another coup. Yunus govt must not trust all army officers with power

Economy

You can’t ‘wish away’ China, India must balance economic & security considerations, says Sanjeev Sanyal

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Sanyal, an economist & member of the Economic Advisory Council to PM, also suggests that if India is to import parts from China, why not allow Chinese companies to manufacture in India.

Defence

Compete, coexist, confront & contest: Army chief General Dwivedi says on dealing with China

Smruti Deshpande -
Referring to current situation, General Upendra Dwivedi says it is stable but not normal; instead, sensitive. He adds the diplomatic side can only come up with certain options.

National Interest

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

Shekhar Gupta -
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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