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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.

One Covid infected person at home in India will likely infect 65% of the family, survey finds

Meher Prakash -
Globally, the average secondary attack rate at home is 16%, varying between 0 and 45% with the exception of Egypt, whose household infection rate is 89%.

Covid pandemic: Australian businessman backs Covid nasal spray, Oman detects ‘black fungus’

Pia Krishnankutty -
As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Delhi govt to train 5,000 youths as health assistants ahead of possible third wave of Covid

PTI -
Training applicants need a Class 12 pass certificate and have to be at least 18 years old. They will be given two weeks' basic training in nursing and lifecare from 28 June.

India reports 62,224 new Covid cases, 2,542 deaths in last 24 hours

PTI -
The active cases declined to 8,65,432 comprising 2.92% of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate has improved to 95.80%.

New Delta plus variant not yet ‘variant of concern’, been in Europe since March: govt

PTI -
NITI Aayog Member V K Paul said the govt is keeping track of how Delta plus variant progresses in other countries, and if it is present in India, to search where all it is there.

Risk of dying post vaccination negligible compared to risk of death due to Covid: Govt

PTI -
The govt slammed media reports, which stated that 488 deaths following vaccination are linked to post-Covid complications, as ‘incomplete’ and of ‘limited understanding.’

Safety is key, health ministry says but doesn’t know Bengaluru lab still studying Nagaland bats

Abantika Ghosh -
Health ministry says any research in India has to follow due process and take adequate precautions, amid row kicked up by govt probe into govt institute study.

Why Novavax, a vaccine the world badly needs, is looking better than ever

Max Nisen -
Novavax Monday announced that its vaccine was 90.4 per cent effective in preventing mild and moderate Covid in a large trial in the US and Mexico and prevented all severe disease.

‘Don’t know why I’m alive’ – how Indian techies are struggling with Covid trauma & grief

Saritha Rai -
Indian tech companies, which support Wall Street banks and Silicon Valley giants, are trying to figure out how to address the mental-health fallout for a generation of young workers.

AY.1 — The new Covid variant on world radar stems from Delta variant, linked to immune escape

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The first sample of AY.1 was isolated in March from Europe. In India, the variant was first found in April. So far, 156 samples have been sequenced around the world.
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Economy

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Defence

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National Interest

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

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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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