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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.

10-year-old US firm with Harvard and MIT brains begins first COVID-19 vaccine trials

Mohana Basu -
Even if Moderna is successful with the human trials, it will take over a year for the vaccine to become commercially available. 

India is now testing random lung infection cases for COVID-19 to detect community spread

Swagata Yadavar -
ICMR scientist Raman R. Gangakhedkar says a positive sample among patients without a travel history would mean active transmission of coronavirus in community.

How to bust myths & curb panic — a 6-point guide for journalists covering coronavirus

Srijan Shukla -
There’s been a flood of information about coronavirus, with social media easing the proliferation of rumours. It’s a battle journalists have to fight.

From Kashmir to coronavirus, how Modi’s silver bullet Jaishankar is keeping troubles away

Jyoti Malhotra -
Jaishankar understands that crises are the bedrock of opportunities. So before EU leaders held a teleconference on COVID-19, India activated hot lines across South Asia.

Despite coronavirus, lakhs to gather in Ayodhya because this ‘Ram Navami is different’

Shanker Arnimesh -
Across India, the coronavirus pandemic is leading temples to issue advisories asking devotees to stay away, but UP govt won’t ‘defy tradition’. 

Skill centres in Delhi are making 500 masks a day to meet demand amid coronavirus crisis

Soniya Agrawal -
Eight centres under the skill development and entrepreneurship ministry have started producing cloth masks in Delhi-NCR to meet the growing demand.

India needs to ramp up COVID-19 testing, learn from South Korea & avoid US’ mistakes

Manjunath Shankar -
The key is for India to expand its laboratory capacity — the turnaround time for test results should be brought down to less than six hours.

SAARC meeting on COVID confirmed 2 things – Pakistan is petty and India isn’t as big as China

Abhijit Iyer-Mitra -
Pakistan’s petty behaviour on SAARC conference was a sign it doesn’t take coronavirus seriously. But India’s contribution of $10 million is also a pittance.

Coronavirus does not spread from pregnant women to babies, says Chinese study

Mohana Basu -
This is the second study in a month to come to this conclusion. It was conducted by researchers from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan. 

In its fight against coronavirus panic, Karnataka govt finds unlikely ally in Telegram app

Rohini Swamy -
Karnataka’s Department of Information and Public Relations started a Telegram group at 10:46 PM on 13 March, which now has over 6,000 members.
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War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

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Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?

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