Is there a link between India’s new COVID-19 wave and relaxed containment policies?

In a month since India recorded the lowest stringency score, its active caseload jumped six times 

Women poorly represented in COVID-19 task force across Africa

Just 19% members across 69 COVID-19 response committees in Africa were women  

Is India's public health infrastructure ready to tackle the second COVID-19 wave? Here's what data says

Government hospitals in Maharashtra added just 672 ICU beds between April 2020 and January 2021

World unprepared for future pandemics: Global Health Security Index 2021

Countries across all income levels are lacking on finance, logistics and planning when it comes to future pandemics

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

COVID-19 may already have killed 650,000 people in India through May 5: Report

Real death toll due to COVID-19 in India could be thrice the government figure, a new report has said

16 महीने में कोविड संक्रमण से उतनी मौतें, जितनी 20 साल की प्राकृतिक आपदाओं में नहीं हुईं

यह महामारी बेहद जानलेवा साबित हो रही है। हालिया इतिहास में इतने कम समय में किसी भी आपदा ने तीन लाख से ज्यादा लोगों ...

COVID-19 killed more people in 16 months than natural disasters in 20 years

No disaster has killed more than 3 million people in recent history and in such a short time period

COVID-19 fatality: India average 1 death in 51 cases, but 127 districts fare worse

Data gaps, under reporting suggest pandemic is more acute than Centre, states make it to be

Warmer weather may not control COVID-19 resurgence, warns WMO

Government intervention important in containing the pandemic in 2021 as well, the report says

क्या कोविड-19 की दूसरी लहर से निपटने के लिए तैयार है, भारत में स्वास्थ्य सम्बन्धी बुनियादी ढांचा?

अप्रैल 2020 से जनवरी 2021 के बीच महाराष्ट्र के सरकारी अस्पतालों के आईसीयू में केवल 672 नए बेड जोड़े गए थे

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  

सिर्फ 9 हफ्तों के भीतर भारत में मौत का सबसे बड़ा कारण बना कोविड-19

स्वास्थ्य की अनदेखी और तैयारियों की कमी के चलते 9 हफ्तों में ही देश में स्थिति बदतर हुई। ऐसा ही रहा तो राज्यों को कड़े ...

दक्षिण एशिया में एक साल में 8.81 लाख बच्चों की हो सकती है मौत: यूनिसेफ

यूनिसेफ की 23 जून की रिपोर्ट में कहा गया है कि कोविड-19 के कारण दक्षिण एशिया में गरीब बच्चों की संख्या 24 करोड़ से ...

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

भारत में नवंबर तक 12.5 लाख तक पहुंच सकता है कोविड-19 से मरने वालों का आंकड़ा: आईएचएमई

आईएचएमई के अनुसार वास्तव में कोविड-19 से होने वाली मौतें सरकारी आंकड़ों से करीब 2.8 गुना ज्यादा है। यह इस बात को साबित करते ...

COVID-19 community transmission in 26 of 54 African countries: WHO

Several African countries have a poor healthcare system — about five hospital beds per 10,000 population

COVID‑19 will have severe impact on most SDGs: Report

Global partnerships will be essential to deal with health and socio-economic crises due to the pandemic, it says

Africa ‘fighting COVID-19 in the dark’, says global aid body

Testing rates in countries across the continent are abysmally low, where community transmission has been confirmed

SDG commitments need financing, local monitoring: NITI Aayog

The National Indicator Framework, which monitors SDGs at the national level, did not include indicators for 36 out of the 169 targets, pointed …

COVID-19 to push 360 mln children into poverty in South Asia: UNICEF

Around 917,000 children and mothers in South Asia may die in the next 12 months, with 881,000 deaths being of children under the age of five, …

COVID-19: Livelihood of 1.6 bln informal workers worldwide at risk, warns ILO

Approximately 164 mln informal workers in Africa stuck under complete lockdown measures 

Climate resilience needed for COVID-19 recovery, flags UN commission

Global Commission for Adaptation has asked world leaders to align policies with long-term climate objectives, mobilise private sector support 

COVID-19: 66% of children unable to get remote learning are from south Asia, Africa, says UNICEF

Voicing concerns over the limited reach of remote learning exacerbated with regional inequalities, UNICEF urges countries to prioritise the safe-…

COVID-19: 400 mln jobs lost in Q2 2020, says ILO

Job losses up 400% in Africa, Asia since first 3 months; working hours lower than estimates