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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.

NHRC directs health ministry to regard teachers in Covid duties as ‘frontline warriors’

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NHRC passed the order acting, on a petition filed by activist and lawyer, Radhakanta Tripathy. The ministry was also directed to release all dues to deceased teachers at the earliest.

Track and field legend Milkha Singh to be cremated with full state honours

PTI -
The Punjab government will also observe a day of state mourning in the wake of the passing away of Milkha Singh, who lost the battle against Covid-19.

Covid has devastated India’s self-employed women

Mirai Chatterjee -
Women employed as domestic workers in India’s cities have lost work in vast numbers, forcing many to return to their home villages.

SubscriberWrites: My experience on a national highway in 2020 — police checked migrants but didn’t help them

Tapas Basu -
As Tapas Basu drove along NH2 to Durgapur, he saw migrants trudging home and police behaviour that shocked him.

SubscriberWrites: Why door-to-door vaccination is not wrong in principle, but would be disastrous in practice

Kalpesh Makani -
The move would lead to possible wastages, fake vaccines, black marketeering and wrong administration of doses, argues Kalpesh Makani

Patiala ASHA worker’s kids blame her for ‘bringing’ virus that killed dad. But duty calls

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Karamjeet Kaur, ASHA worker whose duties include visiting Covid patients, has no option but to work. She has to look after her children, and she is sole earning member.

Get people back to work — the growth mantra India needs as big-bang 1991 reforms turn 30

TN Ninan -
Employment was already an area of failure, and Covid has made it worse. Millions are poor again. And millions of small enterprises that have pulled down shutters may never reopen.

Centre directs states to ensure safety of healthcare workers amid reports of attacks

PTI -
Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal also asked them to ensure strict implementation of the amended Epidemic Disease Act in his letter to all states and Union Territories.

17 children dead, over 5,000 test positive for Covid in Meghalaya: state health minister

PTI -
Noting that the third wave of the Covid pandemic may pose a greater threat to children, Alexander Laloo Hek said his government is making necessary preparations in anticipation.

Virus ‘still amongst us’: PM Modi launches crash course to prepare 1 lakh ‘Covid warriors’

PTI -
The program will create skilled non-medical healthcare workers to fill the present and future needs of manpower in the health sector, the PMO said.
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