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 …
COVID-19 cut China's carbon dioxide emissions by a quarter: Report
COVID-19 may have shaved off more than 100 tonnes of CO2 in the early February 2020
How China is controlling the COVID origins narrative — silencing critics and locking up dissenters
Part of controlling the narrative has entailed the detention of many citizen journalists who sounded the alarm about the virus in its early days, …
Could forest loss have triggered the COVID-19 pandemic?
Scientific evidence shows that the felling of tropical forests creates ideal conditions for the spread of diseases
Coronavirus mutated, new strain more aggressive: Research
Though older, less aggressive ‘S type’ strain seems to be more frequent now than ‘L type’
China’s ‘surveillance creep’: How big data COVID-19 monitoring could be used to control people post-pandemic
A more robust system was constructed to collect and monitor big data related to pandemic control
The great coronavirus drug hunt
A patent filed by Institute of Virology in Wuhan on cocktail of remdesivir and chloroquine raises some prickly questions
COVID-19: NASA maps show decline in pollution amid slowdown
Reduction in NO2 pollution was first seen near Wuhan, but eventually spread across the country, according to scientists
COVID-19: WHO has only $1.2 mln to fight outbreak
More international economic groups confirmed initial assessments that China's economy is going to dip because of the COVID-19 outbreak
At least 59 labs handle the deadliest pathogens; only a quarter score high on safety
Most labs are significantly smaller, with half of 44 labs where data is available being less than half the size of a professional basketball court&…
WHO report on origin of novel coronavirus: Here’s what happens next
The key focus of next stage of investigations is looking at what happened before people realised there was a clinical problem in December 2019, …
‘COVID-19 could have started 3-4 months before December in China’
Down To Earth speaks to Maureen Miller, infectious disease epidemiologist and medical anthropologist about the possible origins of the novel …
We want to know where COVID came from. But it’s too soon to expect miracles
If we keep looking, we may eventually find all the missing pieces we need to close the case on where SARS-CoV-2 came from
Coronavirus outbreak still containable, says WHO; health agencies disagree
91,308 cases reported globally; 76 countries affected
WHO team’s quest to trace COVID-19’s origins in China draws a blank
It, however, concluded that SARS-CoV-2 could not have leaked from a research lab
Outbreaks like coronavirus start in and spread from the edges of cities
The new coronavirus crossed the animal-human divide at a market in Wuhan, one of the largest Chinese cities and a major transportation node
Book Digest: Dispatches from 40 forgotten civilisations, Wuhan under lockdown and more
From stories of wildlife in unforeseen form to rise of environmental illnesses, DTE tracks new, contemporary books on environment and …
Some unexpected lessons for living with wildlife post-COVID
Wildlife can be tamed, killed, caged, eaten, but it can rage a silent war over us like COVID-19
COVID-19: Possible link between virus, intensive pig farming, says study
SARS-CoV-2 may have transmitted from infected pigs to a farm worker, from pig meat to the human food chain or from pig faeces into the environment,…
COVID-19: How safe are Indian wet markets?
India is a huge market for meats. Apart from usual poultry, bovine and fish, a few protected species are also illegally traded for food in wet markets
