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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.

Pandemic paradox: Rich Indians buying Merc SUVs while the poor sell houses to pay Covid bills

Andy Mukherjee -
Brisk sales of luxury cars and soaring net worth for billionaires amid widespread joblessness and depleted savings reflect a lack of fiscal imagination in India.

Indians don’t come first for PM, politics does –– Priyanka Gandhi slams govt’s Covid response

PTI -
The Congress general secretary also listed a series of measures that the prime minister should have taken in the wake of Covid spread.

Covaxin’s scientific standards & commitment is transparent, says Bharat Biotech

PTI -
The company asserted that it has published as many as 9 research studies on the safety and efficacy of Covaxin in five reputed peer-reviewed journals in a span of 12 months.

No substantial evidence to say kids will be more affected in 3rd Covid wave –– Lancet report

PTI -
As per the data, mortality rates among hospitalised Covid-19 positive children below 10 years of age was 2.4 percent; about 40 percent children who died had comorbidities.

YourTurn/SubscriberWrites: Why people will vote for Modi and BJP again in the next general elections

Divakar Ghosh -
Indian public believes the second Covid wave was a force of nature and no other party would have handled it better than the Modi government, writes Divakar Ghosh.

YourTurn/SubscriberWrites: Love in the time of Corona triumphed over fear of the pandemic

Vimal Ravi -
Duty alone cannot explain the selfless work done by essential workers and volunteers who have put themselves at grave risk, says Dr. Vimal Ravi.

YourTurn/SubscriberWrites: Eliminate need for tzar of vaccines — pricing freedom will fix Covid-19 vaccine shortage

Rajanikant Mohan -
Rajanikant Mohan says companies currently have no incentive to invest the capital needed to increase vaccine production.

YourTurn/SubscriberWrites: Education debate focused on Class 12 & 10, but closing primary schools has been a disaster

Priam Pillai -
Primary school children need personal interactions between teachers and students for their social and emotional development, argues Dr Priam Pillai.

Chances of 3rd wave quite real, Delhi govt preparing on war-footing, says Kejriwal

PTI -
Kejriwal was speaking at an online event during which he jointly inaugurated 22 new PSA oxygen plants at nine hospitals across Delhi in preparation for the third wave.

Second wave has abated and I have lost my wife. It is time I thanked these strangers

Sanjeev Choudhary -
It is impossible to tell who was responsible for her death. The virus or a political system for which the life of the citizens is cheap.
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