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Only Reliable Sources for COVID-19 Info & Updates

At present wherever you turn, you will hear news and get information on Coronavirus. But amidst all this sharing of news and data, we also end up consuming fake information, which might seem convincing, and which we often forward to our acquaintances without checking the authenticity of the source.

This chain leads to unauthentic information being believed by folks who receive them. WHO has defined this process of sharing fake information as “infodemic.” The question then becomes where to get reliable and timely information on which you can depend on.

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Corona – fact or fiction?

Roshani Makhija

In this tough period of coronavirus pandemic, there are a lot of questions in our minds. We also receive a lot of information on social media. Some of the received information though may sound logical, but might actually be incorrect. The problem is that any incorrect understanding of COVID-19 increases our risk of infections. So along with access to information, it is important to have a reliable source of information.

Here are some of the questions we have heard and responses from experts from the World Health Organisation (WHO).

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Covid-19 – What puts you at higher risk?

Roshani Makhija

COVID-19 is still very new, with limited information regarding risk factors, but some data is becoming very apparent based on the experiences in China, Italy and other countries. Based on currently available information older adults and people of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions might be at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19.

Data from China shows that the fatality rate of healthy individuals having no underlying condition is 0.9%. Read about the conditions which significantly increase the fatality rates.

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Hacks To Keep Veggies & Fruits Fresh Longer

Stephen Dsouza

With the coronavirus pandemic all around us, life has been confined to our home and that has resulted in very many challenges that we haven’t faced in our entire lives. Going out to buy groceries or fruits and vegetables for our daily needs isn’t advisable and even ordering in on a daily basis is a challenge with all the delays in delivery that we have been witnessing.

The only solution to this is to order fruits and vegetables in bulk and use age-old hacks to keep them fresh. This is a problem that I have been facing myself so I decided to share these awesome ways to solve this problem. I do hope that you will benefit from this post.

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Did someone actually warn us about Corona?

Roshani Makhija

Corona has become such a life-changing event that there is a clamour to claim that it was predicted. Netizens are claiming that Nostradamus had predicted the Corona outbreak in medieval times itself. There is a novel that had a virus outbreak originating from Wuhan. Some astrologers are also claiming to have predicted this outbreak. But these are all non-scientific and unproven accounts. Does that mean no one had warned us about this disaster?

Reality is that Bill Gates had warned the world about the possibility of an infectious disease outbreak that can kill millions. Read on to know more about what Bill Gates said about the pandemic.

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Immunity boosters in your kitchen.

Sheena Mathur

Never in the past have we understood the importance of improving our immunity as much as we do now in the time of Covid-19. To fight the pandemic that’s making the world lose its sleep, we all are trying to take all precautionary measures like hand wash, proper hand sanitization, masks etc.

The social media is abuzz with tips on various combinations and medicines to deal with this pandemic, even as the best doctors and scientists in the world are still struggling to find an effective vaccination or cure for this. But to date there is no medicine or diet to completely eradicate your chances of enduring this.

The only way out till then is to boost our immunity. With lockdown and restriction on movement and lack of availability of food supplies, some of the tips have become infeasible, hence we thought to bring you ways to improve your immunity with the items at home and in your kitchen.