COVID-19: UP to inoculate people below 45 only on weekends; complete lockdown mulled

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will take a final decision on whether to extend lockdown in UP after review

Night curfew re-imposed in all 30 districts of Odisha

The total number of positive cases in Odisha now stands at 358,342, while 1,935 people have died

Odisha migrant workers return from Gujarat, Maharashtra amid fears of another lockdown

Trains from Gujarat and Maharashtra to Odisha are full, although rail officials can’t confirm whether all passengers are migrants

Coronavirus one year on: 2 countries that got it right, and 3 that got it wrong

UK PM had last year said he had been shaking hands with infected patients; the Indian PM announced snap lockdown with a notice of 4 hours

COVID-19 cases rise over 200% in South Africa in a month; new restrictions kick in

Experts say new variant — called 501.V2 — triggering a surge in infections

COVID-19 surge due to JN.1; 6 deaths reported on December 20

COVID-19 deaths cannot directly be attributed to the new variant, say experts

Simply Put: COVAX funds

The COVID-19 pandemic turns 3-years-old

As the pandemic enters its fourth year, it is turning endemic

Now, TB test recommended for COVID-19 patients in case of persisting cough

Experts hail decision as opportunity to increase detection of both COVID-19 and TB

Simply Put: Old virus, new strain

Pfizer wants to sell vaccines in India at no profit

The Pfizer vaccine is yet to be registered in India although it had applied months ago

COVID-19 update: India to grant emergency authorisation to vaccines approved by foreign regulators

No pre-approval bridging study will be required, said the Union health ministry

‘COVID-19 India reproduction number exceeds 1’

Expert tracking novel coronavirus reproduction number flags surge in cases

COVID-19: Africa could suffer 1.2 bln infections, 3.3 mln deaths, UN agency warns

A host of factors make the continent particularly vulnerable to the pandemic, it said

Simply Put: CoVID-19 treatment

COVID-19: Government drops first hint of community transmission

ICMR epidemiology head, however, witholds details

How virus detectives trace the origins of an outbreak - and why it’s so tricky

Tracking down the origins of a virus involves a combination of extensive fieldwork, thorough lab testing and quite a bit of luck

COVID-19 update: Why are we at a ‘tip of iceberg’ again

The head of Israel’s COVID-19 response has however said there was no cause to worry as of now

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

Rwanda: 8 health workers arrested for stealing COVID-19 vaccines, test kits

The accused are employees of 4 health facilities in the country’s western and southern provinces

Neanderthal-inherited gene variant helps in protecting against severe COVID-19: Study 

A protective Neanderthal-derived haplotype confers approximately 23% reduced risk of becoming critically ill on infection with SARS-CoV-2

Kerala, COVID-19 management exemplar? Data on additional deaths forces rethink

Kerala government may have suppressed data regarding true number of deaths in 2021 for political reasons, say experts

COVID-19 is now in 706 of 733 districts of India

The virus has so far not been detected in 14 districts in Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, and 10 districts of Telangana

Inconvenient truth: Why omicron emerged, and why it could have been avoided

Best bet to tide over current crisis remains what we have known since the beginning of pandemic: Treat vaccine hesitancy and vaccine nationalism, …

How Peru became the country with the highest COVID-19 death rate in the world

A fairly limited social security and fragile healthcare system meant Peru was not prepared to deal with a rise in COVID-19 cases