TopicCOVID-19

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.

Most vaccines go through years of tests, 12-18 months would be extraordinarily fast: Experts

James Paton - March 31, 2020

Vaccine specialists this time are turning to technology aimed at speeding up a process that has traditionally taken 10 years or more.

How the novel coronavirus is mutating, and if you should be concerned

Sandhya Ramesh - March 31, 2020

Virus mutations are common and expected, but they don’t change the virulence of any strain of the coronavirus.

Lockdown or not? Covid-19 raises key questions on decision-making in a democracy, like India

Sanjay G. Reddy - March 31, 2020

A pandemic such as Covid-19 also challenges the processes involved in decision-making and their prioritising in a democracy, like India.

Not just IAS and police, India’s Covid-19 fight must use panchayats and municipalities too

Pradeep Chhibber - March 31, 2020

Once again, the prolonged period of Covid-19 pandemic crisis will shine the light on India’s state capacity. But should India depend only on its elite bureaucracy?

India should make SuperCloud, disease tracking a must to overcome pandemics like Covid-19

Jayant Sinha - March 31, 2020

To avoid another pandemic like Covid-19, health and student records may be linked to give admissions to only those students who are vaccinated.

IAS officer’s wife, professor, ex-MP — Bengal’s Covid-19 ‘rumour factory’ a club of elites

Madhuparna Das - March 31, 2020

On a crackdown against fake news on Covid-19, police in Kolkata have drawn up a list of unlikely suspects, including the president of a premier club.

Why ‘family elder’ Modi, and not aggressive Amit Shah, is govt’s face in Covid-19 fight

Ruhi Tewari - March 31, 2020

Covid-19 pandemic is a crisis in which the government must reach out and bring everyone together. Amit Shah's combative image might not work.

Modi govt’s Covid-19 package not enough, people need food security: Sachin Pilot

Swagata Yadavar - March 31, 2020

Rajasthan Deputy CM Sachin Pilot says people should stay wherever they are, and that it’s up to the states where they’re living to provide them a security net.

Why this small coastal district in Kerala has become a hotspot for coronavirus

Angana Chakrabarti - March 31, 2020

Authorities in the district have dismissed the possibility of community transmission and attributed the high figure to people with travel histories.

Govt funds start-up to produce device that reduces presence of coronavirus in closed space

Mohana Basu - March 30, 2020

Pune start-up has been given Rs 1 cr to increase production of Scitech Airon, which claims to reduce presence of the coronavirus in a closed room within an hour.

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Topic: COVID-19

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