Coronavirus update: Health ministry releases data on protective gears
Plan to use plasma of the immune in patients in UK
Coronavirus update: Rajasthan lock-down
India tally at 315: ICMR
Is COVID-19 containable
The coronavirus pandemic now rivals lifestyle diseases in its spread
Will Omicron be more contagious than delta?
The conditions that led to the emergence of the variant are not yet clear, but what is clear is that the sheer number and configuration of …
COVID-19: Unfolding the dismissal of nation-wide lockdown
The Centre has divided India’s districts in 3 zones amid the nationwide lockdown. Here, researchers from the International Institute for …
COVID-19 did originate in Wuhan’s Huanan seafood market: Studies
Understanding the origin of what led to such a scale of devastation is critical in preventing future pandemics
COVID-19: It’s time to look at the finer details of South Africa’s pandemic picture
The current resurgence driven by the Delta variant finally appears to be subsiding in all nine provinces
Why population immunity is not a realistic goal in Africa’s bid to control COVID-19
The threshold for reaching population immunity depends on many factors. One is the effectiveness of the vaccine. Another is how many people get …
COVID-19: What is the newly launched antibody cocktail therapy
The cocktail therapy claims to reduce hospitalisation and death in COVID-19 patients by 70 per cent
COVID-19: Examining theories for Africa’s low death rates
Africa accounts for 17% of global population, but only 3.5% of the reported global COVID-19 deaths
Understanding zoonotic diseases: Here’s a video primer
While the origins of COVID-19 are still unknown, epidemics like SARS and MERS happened after transfer of pathogens from animals to …
Gaps in South Africa’s relief scheme leave some workers with no income
Exclusion of workers whose employers failed to register them for unemployment insurance remains a major gap
COVID-19: Water a crucial weapon in pandemic fight
Water access, safe sanitation and rapid de-densification of settlements are key interventions in COVID-19 response plan
Health ministry confirms 2 more coronavirus variants in India
Uptick in cases in 5 states cannot be linked to these variants as of now, said NITI Aayog member VK Paul
Simply Put: The COVID-19 mask
Coronavirus update: Tamil Nadu to lock down Chennai, 3 other districts
ICMR distances itself from study suggesting November peak
Coronavirus update: Spread in new districts since lockdown relaxation
Many districts in eastern states under focus
Coronavirus update: Doubling rate has hastened to 10 days
ICMR starts trial for convalescent plasma as treatment
Coronavirus update: Centre tells Bengal it has highest mortality rate
Citizens can step out, except in containment zones
COVID-19: ‘Thikri pehra’ makes a comeback in Punjab, Haryana
Locals take turns to guard entry and exit points in at least 12,800 Punjab villages
Coronavirus update: Centre identifies 170 hotspots across India
World tally crosses 2 million
Coronavirus update: India tally nears 150
World tally close to 200,000
COVID-19 clues in a community’s sewage: 4 questions answered about watching wastewater for coronavirus
Wastewater monitoring could inform all sorts of public health intervention and disease surveillance programmes
COVID-19: Next virus could be worse, AstraZeneca vaccine creator Sarah Gilbert says
Research that has not been peer reviewed says that Omicron may be more infectious, but not severe
COVID-19 vaccines produce T-cell immunity that lasts and works against virus variants
Vaccines train the immune system to recognise and respond to a particular pathogen, without first having to be infected by it