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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.

Lactating mothers, pregnant women can take Covid jabs without prior registration in Mumbai

PTI -
They have been added to the categories eligible for vaccination and can walk in at the centres run by the Maharashtra govt and Mumbai civic body between Monday and Wednesday.

Protesting farmers call Covid ‘govt conspiracy’ as Haryana blames them for surging deaths

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Farmers take turns travelling to and from Tikri & Kundli borders, authorities say they carry Covid back to villages. But protesters claim Covid is 'imaginary'.

WHO chief thanks India, South Africa for initiative to waive ITRIPS rules for Covid products

Yoshita Singh -
In his opening remarks to the World Health Assembly, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on nations to share doses through Covid Vaccine Global Access (COVAX).

Ramdev again: Claims 10k doctors died despite vaccine, says he’s doctor of ‘divinity & dignity’

Kairvy Grewal -
In viral videos on social media, yoga guru Baba Ramdev can be seen mocking doctors and modern medicine, using different false death figures like 1,000 and 10,000.

Maldives faces world’s fastest growing Covid epidemic, to impose 16-hour curfew in Male

Kamlesh Bhuckory -
Maldives, which depends on luxury tourism for much of its income, has the highest number of infections per million people over the last 7 and 14 days.

Bharat Biotech submits 90% documents to WHO to obtain emergency use listing for Covaxin

PTI -
The Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech Ltd is expected to submit the remaining documents by June and is confident about obtaining WHO's authorisation for EUL, sources said.

Paediatric clinical trials of Covaxin might begin in June, says Bharat Biotech official

PTI -
The trials would be on children aged 2-18 years for which Bharat Biotech may get the licence in the third quarter of this year, a FICCI Ladies Organisation press release Sunday said.

DGCA off-rosters SpiceJet crew after mid-air wedding video flouting Covid norms goes viral

PTI -
Images, videos of the mid-air wedding were circulated on social media Monday. It purportedly showed people standing extremely close to each other as the couple tied the knot.

India rejects Pakistani media reports that high commission official’s wife tested positive

Sajjad Hussain -
Indian High Commission clarified that the person in question tested negative for Covid on RT-PCR conducted on arrival in Islamabad and Lahore.

Russian Direct Investment Fund, Panacea Biotec launch production of Sputnik V in India

PTI -
The first batch produced at Panacea Biotec's facilities in Himachal Pradesh will be shipped to Russia for quality control. Full-scale production is expected to start this summer.
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