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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.

IIT-Bombay professor comes up with new tool for Covid testing. It cuts time and cost

Manasi Phadke -
Tapestry is a single-round quantitative pooling algorithm used with the RT-PCR test. The Drugs Controller General of India cleared it for commercial use this week.

Japan to provide India $ 9.3 million aid to build cold chain system to fight Covid

PTI -
Japan's Emergency Grant Aid aims to deliver vaccines to each and every person in all corners of developing countries. It will give India equipment like cold-storage facilities.

India reports 51,667 new Covid cases in last 24 hours, weekly positivity rate drops to 3%

PTI -
The number of active Covid cases has declined to 6,12,868 and now comprises 2.03% of the total infections. The national recovery rate has improved to 96.66%.

Even mild Covid can cause significant brain changes, research shows

Sam Fazeli -
The 'brain fog' that is one of the key issues reported by those suffering long-term consequences after Covid could be related to exactly what this new research has found.

Covid vaccine acceptability for global travel should be determined by WHO, says Pakistan

PTI -
Planning Minister Asad Umar made such a demand because Pakistan is facing problems due to its dependence on China for vaccines which are not accepted by many countries for travels.

Covid Delta variant reported in 85 countries, expected to become dominant lineage, warns WHO

Yoshita Singh -
WHO said the four current 'Variants of Concern' being monitored closely — Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta — are widespread and have been detected in all WHO regions.

AstraZeneca vaccine could be less effective against Delta variant: Scotland study in Lancet

Mohana Basu -
The study by Scotland researchers found that the risk of hospital admission was approximately double in Covid patients with the Delta variant, compared to those with the Alpha strain.

Why dozens of Indian students are turning to crowdfunding platforms to fund education dream

Soniya Agrawal -
The idea of soliciting contributions for foreign education has been criticised by many, but hundreds are pitching in with contributions as well as words of encouragement.

India reports 54,069 new Covid cases, recovery rate improves to 96.61%

PTI -
According to the health ministry data, a net decline of 16,137 cases in the Covid caseload has been recorded in a day. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.91%.

Mysteriously deleted Wuhan Covid gene sequences found, US confirms removal from database

Bismee Taskin -
About a year ago, genetic sequences from over 200 virus samples from Wuhan’s early Covid cases disappeared from online US database where these were posed on request of Chinese researchers.
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Shekhar Gupta -
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?

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