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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.

Why ventilators remain unused or locked up despite patients at rural hospitals needing them

Simrin Sirur -
Ventilators, which help patients breathe, are found in a hospital’s ICU and are traditionally operated by specialists in critical care medicine, called intensivists. 

How Varanasi cut Covid cases from 1,000+ to under 300 — thanks to Modi’s man, an ex-IAS officer

Moushumi Das Gupta -
PMO sent one of Modi’s most trusted lieutenants — A.K. Sharma, now a BJP MLC in Uttar Pradesh — to Varanasi last month to supervise the Covid situation.

These 4 factors will shape how Indian economy rebounds from shock of Covid second wave

Ila Patnaik -
Current lockdowns, fear & uncertainty are driving down growth, but with second wave slowing, there’s hope that economic activity will improve in next quarter.

JNU professor & molecular biologist Deepak Gaur dies of Covid

PTI -
Deepak Gaur, a faculty member of the School of Biotechnology, JNU, was the recipient of prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award.

Will ramp up Covid testing capacity to 45 lakh by June-end, says Modi govt

PTI -
The country’s positivity rate in the last 10 days has been recorded at less than 20% and the positivity rate was recorded at 13.31 Wednesday, the health ministry said.

Delhi’s positivity rate dips to 5.5%, daily Covid caseload at 3,231

PTI -
On Thursday, the city recorded 233 Covid deaths. Medical experts attributed the lockdown as the main factor behind the dip amid the second wave of the pandemic.

India has seen 1 million Covid deaths so far, The Economist’s model estimates

Kairvy Grewal -
Estimates suggest there is a 95% probability that the Covid death toll worldwide is between 7.1 mn and 12.1 mn, with a central estimate of 10.2 mn.

Mamata writes to PM Modi seeking 20 lakh vaccine doses for state, central govt employees

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The West Bengal CM said a minimum of 20 lakh doses are needed to cover all the employees and requested vaccines for those in 'priority sectors' without further delay.

Bengaluru’s ‘doctor on wheels’ works 20 hours a day, has treated 250 patients since Covid

Rohini Swamy -
Dr Sunil Kumar Hebbi has been running a mobile clinic for 11 years. Since pandemic struck, he works nights at a BBMP Covid clinic, and then drives across Bengaluru to help patients.

A cascade of rare complications is deepening India’s Covid misery

Bhuma Shrivastava -
Mucormycosis or black fungus, once considered a rare fungal infection in Covid patients, has emerged as a dramatic bellwether for a raft of secondary ailments in India.
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