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Clearing the airways: On quarantine-free entry for travellers

The world must prioritise (प्राथमिकता देना, एक बिंदु बनाना) equitable (निष्पक्ष, न्यायसंगत) health care and also reclaim (recover, retrieve) the earlier normality (साधारण अवस्था, सामान्य रूप से)

In what will cheer (encourage, comfort) the tourism industry and travellers, the Government has allowed fully vaccinated passengers from 82 countries to skip (छोड़ना, अनदेखा करना) the mandatory (अनिवार्य, आवश्यक) quarantine (संगरोध) period, from February 14. The requirement of compulsory on-arrival testing for passengers from certain countries identified as “at-risk” has also been removed. These guidelines, from the Ministry of Health, apply to (लागू करना, प्रासंगिक होना, संबंधित होना) countries with whom India has a pact (समझौता, अनुबंध) of reciprocity (पारस्परिकता, आदान-प्रदान) and include the U.K., the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand, or those which see significant traffic in and out of India. Currently, India has air bubble agreements with 35 countries. The Government had earlier moved to resume (फिर शुरू करना) international flights from December 15, but withdrew the decision due to (because of, owing to, on account of, as a result of) the Omicron variant (प्रकार, भिन्नता, अंतर). The tourism industry estimates that COVID-19 has caused losses of ₹150 lakh-crore since March 2020. Prior to the pandemic (वैश्विक महामारी), India had at least 1.1 crore inbound (travelling to a country other than that of where they live) tourists and 2.7 crore outbound (travelling out of your home country) tourists annually, say industry estimates, and the new relaxations (the process of making a restriction/rule less strict) appear to be in line to recoup (regain, recover, get back (something lost)) these numbers.

There are sound (well founded, valid, reasonable, logical, solid, reliable) epidemiological (महामारी विज्ञान) reasons for the decision. India’s daily trajectory (प्रक्षेपवक्र, पथ / मार्ग) of fresh COVID-19 cases is declining — from close to 3,00,000 cases a day on January 24, to around 58,000 cases a day now. It bears (support, uphold, absorb) remembering that this precipitous (तेज़, अचानक, अप्रत्याशित) fall (decline, drop, decrease, lessening, diminishing) — the speed of which is unusual compared to previous waves — is also due to a change in testing attitudes (approach, perspective, stance, standpoint, position). The easy availability of rapid antigen tests that can be self-administered ((of a drug etc.) be taken by a person to himself /herself) has seen more cases being registered outside the system of Government-tracked RT-PCR testing (Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Testing; it is one of the most accurate laboratory methods for detecting, tracking, and studying the coronavirus. It is a nuclear-derived method for detecting the presence of specific genetic material from any pathogen, including a virus. (pathogen is a bacteria/virus that causes disease)) and not reflecting in official case counts. Overall, while the relative (reasonable, a fair degree of, considerable; comparable, correlative) mildness of the Omicron variant (On 26 November 2021, WHO designated the (new coronavirus) variant B.1.1.529 a variant of concern, named Omicron, on the advice of WHO’s Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution (TAG-VE). The first known confirmed Omicron infection was from a specimen collected on November 9. In recent weeks, infections in South Africa have increased steeply, coinciding with the detection), compared to the Delta variant, has meant that many of those infected did not need hospitalisation (the act of taking (or) admitting someone to (or) in hospital for treatment), the availability of vaccines (a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease) has also contributed to the third wave posing (constitute, present, create, cause (a challenge or problem or danger or risk)) a diminished health threat. Though deaths continued to rise, it was not to the same degree as earlier though a full reckoning (opinion, judgement, evaluation) will take more time after excess death tallies from States start to become public. Finally, the varied results internationally from booster doses (In medical terms, a booster dose is an extra administration of a vaccine after an earlier dose), in that they were not enough to deter (prevent, stop, avert) transmission, have led to a broader acceptance that the coronavirus (a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases. common signs of infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even death) cannot be eliminated by vaccines alone but can be repelled (fight off, repulse, drive away, force back, push back), over time, with a mix of approaches such as wearing masks, vaccination (treatment with a vaccine to protect against a particular disease; immunization) and accepting short lockdowns. Moreover, there is also no situation where herd immunity (also known as “population immunity”; it refers to a means (ways) of protecting a whole community from disease by immunizing a critical mass of its populace (population). It is also defined as a form of indirect protection from infectious disease that occurs when a large percentage of a population is immune to an infection, thereby providing a measure of protection for individuals who are not immune) will ensure elimination of a virus as breakthrough infections (people getting infections after they are fully vaccinated is when the infections are caused by circulating virus variants, with potential immune escape mechanism, which might reduce the efficacy of vaccines. These are called “vaccine breakthrough infections/cases”) and reinfections are rife. The opening of schools and the normalising of air travel imply (suggest, hint, signal, implicate, say indirectly, indicate) that the world must learn to prioritise equitable health care and improve hygiene (cleanliness) — yet move forward (make progress, make strides; proceed, advance, improve), reclaim and repair the social and economic remnants (remains, remainder, rest) of the pre-pandemic (before the pandemic) period.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.quarantine (noun)

Hindi Meaning - संगरोध
English Meaning - a process of separating out people, animals and things (such as plants) from others for a period of time in order to control/restrict the spread of a contagious disease; Quarentine is imposed to separate and restrict the movement of persons, who may have been exposed to infectious disease, but not yet known to be ill.

2.prioritise (verb)

Hindi Meaning - प्राथमिकता देना, एक बिंदु बनाना
English Meaning - make a point of, highlight, call attention to (something as very important).

3.equitable (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - निष्पक्ष, न्यायसंगत
English Meaning - fair, impartial.

4.normality (noun)

Hindi Meaning - साधारण अवस्था, सामान्य रूप से
English Meaning - a normal state of affairs, regularity.

5.skip (verb)

Hindi Meaning - छोड़ना, अनदेखा करना
English Meaning - do without, pass over, bypass, ignore.

6.mandatory (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - अनिवार्य, आवश्यक
English Meaning - compulsory, obligatory, required.

7.apply to (verb)

Hindi Meaning - लागू करना, प्रासंगिक होना, संबंधित होना
English Meaning - be relevant, relate, concern.

8.pact (noun)

Hindi Meaning - समझौता, अनुबंध
English Meaning - agreement, deal, contract.

9.reciprocity (noun)

Hindi Meaning - पारस्परिकता, आदान-प्रदान
English Meaning - exchange, trade-off, swap/switch, return.

10.resume (verb)

Hindi Meaning - फिर शुरू करना
English Meaning - restart, start again, recommence.

11.variant (noun)

Hindi Meaning - प्रकार, भिन्नता, अंतर
English Meaning - different or form or version or mutant of something (virus).

12.pandemic (noun)

Hindi Meaning - वैश्विक महामारी
English Meaning - the worldwide spread of a new disease; The illness spreads around the world and typically affects a large number of people across a wide area.

13.epidemiological (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - महामारी विज्ञान
English Meaning - relating to the study and analysis of the distribution, patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in defined populations.

14.trajectory (noun)

Hindi Meaning - प्रक्षेपवक्र, पथ / मार्ग
English Meaning - track/course, route, path, direction, approach.

15.precipitous (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - तेज़, अचानक, अप्रत्याशित
English Meaning - sudden, unexpected, swift, abrupt.

16.clear (verb)

English Meaning - permit, allow, give approval to.

17.reclaim (verb)

English Meaning - recover, retrieve.

18.cheer (verb)

English Meaning - encourage, comfort

19.bubble flight/air bubble (noun)

English Meaning - a bilateral arrangement between two countries under which airlines from both countries can operate international flights with a set of regulations and restrictions.

20.due to (phrase)

English Meaning - because of, owing to, on account of, as a result of.

21.Omicron variant (noun)

English Meaning - On 26 November 2021, WHO designated the (new coronavirus) variant B.1.1.529 a variant of concern, named Omicron, on the advice of WHO’s Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution (TAG-VE). The first known confirmed Omicron infection was from a specimen collected on November 9. In recent weeks, infections in South Africa have increased steeply, coinciding with the detection.

22.pre-pandemic (noun)

English Meaning - before the pandemic.

23.inbound (adjective)

English Meaning - travelling to a country other than that of where they live.

24.outbound (adjective)

English Meaning - travelling out of your home country.

25.relaxation (noun)

English Meaning - the process of making a restriction/rule less strict.

26.in line to do something (phrase)

English Meaning - to have a very good chance of doing something.

27.recoup (verb)

English Meaning - regain, recover, get back (something lost).

28.sound (adjective)

English Meaning - well founded, valid, reasonable, logical, solid, reliable.

29.bear (verb)

English Meaning - support, uphold, absorb.

30.fall (noun)

English Meaning - decline, drop, decrease, lessening, diminishing.

31.attitude (noun)

English Meaning - approach, perspective, stance, standpoint, position.

32.rapid antigen test (RAT) (noun)

English Meaning - It is a test on swabbed nasal samples that detects antigens (foreign substances that induce an immune response in the body) that are found on or within the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It is a point-of-care test, performed outside the conventional laboratory setting, and is used to quickly obtain a diagnostic result. In a reliable rapid antigen detection test, the maximum duration for interpreting a positive or negative test is 30 minutes.

33.self-administer (verb)

English Meaning - (of a drug etc.) be taken by a person to himself /herself.

34.RT-PCR testing (noun)

English Meaning - Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Testing; it is one of the most accurate laboratory methods for detecting, tracking, and studying the coronavirus. It is a nuclear-derived method for detecting the presence of specific genetic material from any pathogen, including a virus. (pathogen is a bacteria/virus that causes disease).

35.reflect (verb)

English Meaning - indicate, show, display.

36.relative (adjective)

English Meaning - reasonable, a fair degree of, considerable; comparable, correlative.

37.delta variant/B.1.617.2 (noun)

English Meaning - Formally known as AY.2 or B.1.617.2, it’s a variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, is renamed as the ‘Delta variant’ by the World Health Organization (WHO) and this variant is reclassified as Variant of Concern (VOC). The B.1.617.1 strain has been reclassified to a Variant of Interest (VOI) and labelled variant “Kappa”.

38.hospitalisation (noun)

English Meaning - the act of taking (or) admitting someone to (or) in hospital for treatment.

39.vaccine (noun)

English Meaning - a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease.

40.pose (verb)

English Meaning - constitute, present, create, cause (a challenge or problem or danger or risk).

41.reckoning (noun)

English Meaning - opinion, judgement, evaluation.

42.booster shot/dose (noun)

English Meaning - In medical terms, a booster dose is an extra administration of a vaccine after an earlier dose.

43.deter (verb)

English Meaning - prevent, stop, avert.

44.lead to (verb)

English Meaning - result in, cause, bring about.

45.coronavirus (CoV) (noun)

English Meaning - a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases. common signs of infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even death.

46.repel (verb)

English Meaning - fight off, repulse, drive away, force back, push back.

47.vaccination (noun)

English Meaning - treatment with a vaccine to protect against a particular disease; immunization.

48.lockdown (noun)

English Meaning - an emergency protocol implemented by the authorities that prevents people from leaving from a place; An extended state of confinement/encirclement/isolation of a person by the authority.

49.herd immunity (noun)

English Meaning - also known as “population immunity”; it refers to a means (ways) of protecting a whole community from disease by immunizing a critical mass of its populace (population). It is also defined as a form of indirect protection from infectious disease that occurs when a large percentage of a population is immune to an infection, thereby providing a measure of protection for individuals who are not immune.

50.breakthrough infections (noun)

English Meaning - people getting infections after they are fully vaccinated is when the infections are caused by circulating virus variants, with potential immune escape mechanism, which might reduce the efficacy of vaccines. These are called “vaccine breakthrough infections/cases”.

51.rife (adjective)

English Meaning - widespread, general, common, extensive, prevalent, ubiquitous, omnipresent, everywhere, present everywhere.

52.imply (verb)

English Meaning - suggest, hint, signal, implicate, say indirectly, indicate.

53.hygiene (noun)

English Meaning - cleanliness.

54.move forward (phrase)

English Meaning - make progress, make strides; proceed, advance, improve.

55.remnant (noun)

English Meaning - remains, remainder, rest.