Accepting, suffering and resisting: The 3 ways people are reacting to COVID-19

Impact of COVID-19 measures and our underlying attitudes are non-uniform, notes analysis from King’s College London 

Lessons from COVID-19: Need better demand estimation factors to provide housing for all

Physical distancing as well as home quarantining have changed the housing standardisation game; an overhaul is needed

What a smoky bar can teach us about the ‘6-foot rule’ during the COVID-19 pandemic

Very light room air currents from fans and ventilation units can transport respiratory droplets over distances much greater than 6 feet

How COVID-19 protocols can propagate social discrimination in India

COVID-19-induced social-distancing norms can medicalise the process of maintaining purity

COVID is officially no longer a global health emergency — here’s what that means

COVID will still have pandemic status, and countries will continue to have their own authority as to whether to treat COVID as an emergency …

Experts fear COVID-19 spread in Odisha’s districts affected by Cyclone Yaas 

Many of those evacuated and housed at cyclone centres have been observed not adhering to COVID-19 protocol

What’s happening in Belarus, the only European country to not adopt social distancing

Unemployment below 0.5% was the president’s main argument against isolation measures, according to local press 

COVID-19 fight: Personal accountability can tip the scale

Reckless human behaviour is at the core of the current crisis: Behavioural science should be tapped into efforts to reduce disease transmission

The untouchables: COVID-19 lockdown and the migrants

Social-distancing on the one hand and slipping back to age-old social discrimination on the other hand can break backs 

How ‘good’ does a COVID-19 vaccine need to be? A new study has answers

A vaccine with an efficacy as low as 60% could still stop the pandemic. However, most, if not all of the population, would have to be vaccinated

COVID-19: Why social distancing does not work for Nigerian women

Religion holds an African woman responsible for all domestic chores, and saying no to husbands is not allowed, say Nigerian women 

Is bar soap as gross as millennials say? We’re all covered with microbes anyway

We can’t see the trillions of microbes — the bacteria, fungi and viruses; we are ecosystems that house all kinds of microbial life

COVID-19: How distant laws, uneven measures afflict sanitation workers

The pandemic has further aggravated the dichotomy of livelihood and safety of sanitation workers