MAY-21 BOUDHIK YOJANA
May-02-2021 Samachar Sameeksha: Second COVID (Chinese virus) wave >We are seeing a steep rise in COVID (Chinese virus) cases in what is being termed as ‘second wave’ of pandemic. It is definitely more ravaging than the first wave as we are seeing several close acquaintances being infected. > Hospitals and health workers are over-whelmed with the surge with supply of critical drugs and even oxygen running out. It is being alleged that health system has collapsed and foreign media with some of our own media supporting the narrative >In last 2 weeks, India has recorded 3.8 MM cases against 0.88 MM in US and 0.86 MM in Brazil, which are the 3 most affected countries >Similarly India had 24,944 deaths (0.6%), while US had 10,216 (1.1%) and Brazil had 37,660 (3.3%) >There is a new variant B.1.617 which has been claimed to lead to extra-ordinary surge in cases. It contains 2 key mutations to outer spike of virus that attaches to human cells >It was first identi...