Coronavirus update: 157 new cases in the country; Drills at hospitals to check preparedness

India now has 3,421 active cases; Cumulative vaccinations cross 2,200 million

How African countries coordinated the response to COVID-19: lessons for public health

Decentralisation strategies and innovation played key roles in coordination. Financing was a challenge to coordination

Patients unaware of omicron infection, may be contributing to COVID-19 spread: Report

Study finds 56% people were unaware of infection status  

COVID-19: India should test, sequence in a smart, integrated manner to make a difference, say experts

The WHO had warned of declining testing rates across the globe last month, especially in developing countries

COVID-19: Testing rates declining globally challenge for tracking trajectory, says WHO

Low testing rates also limit access to effective new antivirals

FDA gives EUA to first-ever breath test to detect a COVID-19 infection

A positive test, however, should be confirmed with a Polymerase Chain Reaction test

COVID-19: Recombination unlikely to be greater public health threat than mutation, says Shahid Jameel

The World Health Organization is currently tracking two SARS-CoV-2 recombinants, XD and XE  

COVID-19 has suppressed influenza for now, but it will return with greater severity: Study

COVID-19 appropriate behaviour will delay competition among existing influenza lineages which will eventually expand, compete and once again …

Independence Day 2020: Learning under the shadows of COVID-19

Why education is all the more important in disastrous times

Breastfeeding in times of COVID-19: Will newborns miss out on vital nutrition

Reduction in prevalence of breastfeeding could occur due to limitations in provision and use of health services amid COVID-19 pandemic &…

Who gets to decide when the pandemic is over?

Despite a long-held wish for the pandemic to end, our findings suggest many may feel it is far from over, and that the public may disagree over …

How drug companies are sidestepping the WHO’s technology transfer hub in Africa

The actions of BioNTech and Moderna will prolong the social and economic costs of the pandemic

COVID-19: 6 African countries to receive technology needed to produce mRNA vaccines

South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa warns that unless Africa has a vaccine market, manufacturing vaccines will soon collapse  

New studies explore waning immunity and vaccine efficacy against long COVID

One deals with general efficacy and another is on vaccine effectiveness in preventing or reducing the chances of long COVID

A better post-pandemic future means not giving in to COVID-19 now

Simply being tired of the pandemic is not reason to let it burn through the population

‘Traditional measures of pandemic preparedness don’t explain highest or lowest COVID-19 infections, mortality rates’

Erin Frame from the University of Washington, US, says trust has been shown to be valuable in keeping COVID-19 infection rates relatively …

Two years on: India’s index COVID-19 patient describes her ordeal

On January 30, 2020, India reported its first case of COVID-19; the patient was a Thrissur resident studying medicine at Wuhan University. Here …

Lancet study flags breakthrough omicron infections after boosters

Cases of omicron infection noted among 7 Germans who visited South Africa; All had received at least 2 shots of an mRNA vaccine while 5 had …

COVID-19 third wave: Returning workers may have led to Jharkhand spike

COVID-19 situation dire in Jharkhand, with healthcare workers, rural residents infected; state has no wherewithal for genome sequencing

Health ministry updates discharge policy for mild to moderate COVID-19 cases 

India’s positivity rate now stands at 11 per cent

Bihar not testing enough despite surging COVID-19 cases, official data shows

Bihar government has not focussed on ramping up testing despite its claims to the contrary, say activists

Treatment for COVID-19 in Omicron wave: What to go for, what to avoid

Experimental therapies used to treat COVID-19 in India’s first two waves should not be used this time, warn doctors

Omicron in southern Africa: Zimbabwe tries to pull all stops

The country recorded 4,367 new cases December 14, 2021  

COVID-19: Is India testing enough? Here’s what data says

India’s daily testing has dropped dramatically since September

A look at India’s flawed public health policies through COVID-19’s prism

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed many glaring loopholes in the implementation of public health management in India. Read on to know what they are