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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.

Let’s talk about men — the new vulnerable group in Covid-19 times

Pia Krishnankutty -
In South Korea, more women than men tested positive for the coronavirus but 54 per cent of those who died due to the infection were men.

Is talk of lifting lockdown premature or is it necessary to allow some economic activity?

ThePrint Team -
As the Narendra Modi government considers the option of extending the Covid-19 lockdown beyond 14 April, concerns around its impact on the economy are growing.

ICMR studying BCG vaccine for Covid-19, won’t advise without enough evidence: Top scientist

Himani Chandna -
ICMR scientist Nivedita Gupta says task force discussed using BCG to build immunity among at-risk groups, but there’s ‘miniscule’ evidence of its efficacy.

Covid-19 forces BCCI and cricketers to brace for loss of income, pay cuts

Lokendra Pratap Sahi -
With the IPL looking ever likely to be scrapped, the BCCI is staring at massive losses. Will it cut retainerships of players and salaries of staff?

Indian Navy veterans slam ‘childish’ US response to Roosevelt ship incident

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Former Navy Chief Admiral Arun Prakash says captain of USS Theodore Roosevelt should’ve resigned if he felt system let him down, rather than leaking mail to media.

Ex-IAS officer says lockdown will cost India Rs 8 lakh crore, spells out recovery road map

Remya Nair -
Former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg, suggests a Rs 2 lakh crore support package from the govt for small business.

India has allocated over Rs 200 cr for new Covid-19 projects: Science secretary

Mohana Basu -
The Department of Science and Technology has received over 500 proposals over the last two weeks for developing technologies to fight the Covid-19 crisis.

Not a win-win situation — why we should not work from home after the Covid-19 lockdown

Angana Chakrabarti -
Companies adopted work-from-home policy to contain the spread of coronavirus but the lack of a boundary between work and home can impact family dynamics.

Govt plans to create ‘larger force’ to tackle Covid-19, online training to be launched

PTI -
The integrated government online training (iGOT) will have courses for doctors, nurses, paramedics, hygiene workers as well as NCC, NSS & Nehru Yuva Kendra.

Air pollution levels and Covid-19 mortality rate are linked, claims new Harvard study

Taran Deol -
Covid-19 patients in regions with a history of high air pollution are more likely to succumb to the disease, claims the new study by Harvard University.
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