scorecardresearch
Saturday, September 28, 2024
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.

India records 1,587 Covid deaths in last 24 hours, lowest in 61 days

PTI -
Active cases have fallen below 8 lakh after 73 days and the national recovery rate has improved to 96.03%. A total of 62,480 new Covid infections were recorded Thursday.

For isolated athletes, Tokyo Olympics promises to be the weirdest ever games

Lisa Du -
For the aspiring athletes, the road to Tokyo has been long, uncertain and arduous. The event is likely to be strangely lifeless — no revelry after victories or families to offer support.

Delhi Police questioned Twitter India MD on 31 May in ‘toolkit’ case: Officials

PTI -
Delhi Police's Special Cell had questioned Twitter MD Manish Maheshwari over flagging of Sambit Patra's 'toolkit' tweet as 'manipulated media' after serving them a notice on 24 May.

How badly were Delhi’s affluent hit by second wave? Quite, going by obituaries in newspapers

Simrin Sirur -
May saw a deluge of obituaries in two widely-circulated English dailies in Delhi — TOI & HT. A total of 870 obituaries were published in May 2021, up from 204 in May last year.

US CDC classifies Covid Delta variant, first identified in India, as ‘variant of concern’

PTI -
The variant of concern designation is given to strains that are believed to be transmissible or can cause severe disease. Vaccines, treatments may also be less effective against it.

India records 67,208 new Covid cases, 2,330 deaths in last 24 hours

PTI -
India's total tally of Covid cases rose to 2,97,00,313, while the active cases declined to 8,26,740, the lowest after 71 days, according to the health ministry data.

West’s India coverage in May was a mini-series of entertainment akin to misery porn

Samir Saran -
Anesthetisation of audiences due to round-the-clock exposure to stories of conflict leads to a vicious circle where suffering gets increasingly dramatised.

It’s India vs Brazil and the world is watching who’ll win this inflation challenge

Daniel Moss -
Which of the two approaches proves most effective will shape the lessons a generation of officials take from the pandemic. Brazil and India have been among the hardest hit.

Flagged new strain in Feb to central govt, NIV but no action was taken: Maharashtra Covid adviser

Manasi Phadke -
The variant, now known as B.1.617 or ‘Delta’, is said to be partially responsible for the second wave of Covid, which infected people in much higher numbers than the first wave.

‘Didn’t advise 16-week gap for Covishield’ — vaccine group member stands by claim amid row

Aneesha Bedi -
When it extended Covishield dose gap on 13 May, govt said decision was based on recommendation of National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation. Report questions assertion.
1...626364...500Page 63 of 500

On Camera

YourTurn

Opinion

The first batch of ThePrint’s J-school has graduated—what students want in the next

Shailaja Bajpai -
Senior journalists at ThePrint taught the students the fundamental principles of good journalism, interspersed with anecdotes and examples from their professional lives.

It’s time for India to lead from the front and have more voices in the multilateral fora

Dear Bengal govt, don’t steal our memories, land, and clean air by removing trams

Economy

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Yuthika Bhargava -
Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Defence

Army gets high-altitude artillery firing range in Arunachal, 2 more to come up in the north

Smruti Deshpande -
The artillery regiment has incorporated simulators in a big way for various functions like driving & weapons training, especially for Agniveers to get realistic training.

National Interest

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

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?

Follow us

Copyright © 2024 Printline Media Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.