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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.

Army tells units to observe ‘no movement’ amid lockdown, graded relaxation from 20 April

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The Directorate General Medical Services (Army) and all medical establishments and hospitals will continue to function at full strength.

Covid-19 lockdown is stressful enough. Don’t push yourself to excel in BYJU’S and Duolingo

Shubhangi Misra -
People are trying new things during the Covid-19 lockdown but it is a problem if they pressure themselves to master those hobbies in these stressful times.

‘Bhaiyya de do please’ — Covid-19 crisis is making urban India go back to kirana stores

Bismee Taskin -
Covid-19 lockdown is like a renaissance for neighbourhood kirana stores as the urban Indian is finding them more convenient than malls.

Delhi private hospitals refusing medical care due to Covid-19 will lose registration: AAP govt

Aneesha Bedi -
In an order Wednesday, the Arvind Kejriwal govt noted that several hospitals and nursing homes have been denying treatment for want of Covid-19 negative reports.

These are the 15 countries that have ‘zero’ coronavirus cases

Sandhya Ramesh -
Of the 15 countries without any coronavirus cases, three are in Asia, two lie in Africa, while the rest are island nations in the region of Oceania.

Express, Hindu say rural opening up for work, HT on testing bottleneck, RBI in the hotspot

Revathi Krishnan -
A round-up of the most important reports in major newspapers around the country – from TOI and HT, Express and The Hindu to The Telegraph, Mumbai Mirror and The Tribune, as well as top financial dailies.

Hand washing to stop coronavirus — 78% of toilets in Mumbai slums lack reliable water supply

Shubhagato Dasgupta -
Water and sanitation concerns of Indian slums need to be addressed in the fight against coronavirus, otherwise it can have a nationwide impact.

Army of 50,000 ‘NCC corona warriors’ ready, being deployed across India

Snehesh Alex Philip -
NCC Director General, Lt Gen Rajeev Chopra, tells ThePrint that in the last 15 days, nearly 3,700 cadets have been deployed countrywide in 14 states. 

Why humans have themselves to blame for the coronavirus pandemic

Mark Buchanan -
There are more people coming into contact with wildlife species, as agriculture, forestry, mining & oil exploration destroy animals' natural habitats.

Covid offers India-Pakistan a chance to fight common enemy, bury hostility over Kashmir

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
The magnitude of the coronavirus pandemic allows India and Pakistan to gracefully alter their rigid attitude and sell the idea of an agreement to their emotional citizens.
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