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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.

3 test positive for coronavirus in Bihar, total number of cases in state rise to 9

PTI -
Out of the three cases, two are staff members of a private hospital, where a Covid-19 patient was admitted last week, and the third had recently returned from Dubai.

Not enough grains to manufacture atta, maida, sooji as lockdown hits supply chain

Samyak Pandey -
Stakeholders say lack of labour and disruption in supply chain have led to shortage of raw materials to manufacture essential commodities like atta, besan and other products.

Why India’s experience in eradicating polio is unlikely to help in fight against Covid-19

Mohana Basu -
India managed to successfully eradicate polio but the fight spanned decades and came with the help of a low-cost oral vaccine. 

It is war. Modi govt must deploy Indian military to fight coronavirus

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Countries like US, Italy, China, Spain have realised why military deployment could be the only way to win the war against an unseen enemy.

Corona is a wake up call for Indian courts. They aren’t equipped to function in a crisis

Sandhya PR -
Just like Supreme Court, many high courts in India have said they will only take up urgent matters for hearing. What encompasses as urgent is not clear.

India has 40,000 ventilators but could need many, many more in ‘worst-case scenario’

Himani Chandna -
Experts say India would need 80-100 times the available number of ventilators, based on average 21-day stay on ventilator for a coronavirus patient.

Here’s how India can help the disabled during 21-day coronavirus lockdown

Anoop Kumar -
In the absence of accessible public facilities and assistive technologies, India's disabled need human assistance. But social distancing makes it difficult.

Back from Singapore, Kerala IAS officer & wife jump home quarantine

Sanya Dhingra -
Kollam District Collector Abdul Nasar says Sub-Collector Anupam Mishra, who had been asked to be home quarantined, left for Bengaluru without informing anyone.

Covid-19 hits print media hard — ads and circulation dip, editions see major digital push

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Newspapers make fervent pleas to readers, point out they are safe and that coronavirus cannot be transmitted through paper.

Modi’s demonetisation will be of use during the coronavirus lockdown

Srijan Shukla -
Modi govt's overnight, ill-conceived, egotistic decision that left lakhs of people jobless and paralysed India’s informal economy 3 yrs ago may just give some returns.
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Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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