Month: April 2020

Featured image: Representative photo of a healthcare worker testing people for COVID-19 in Mumbai. Photo: PTI

At AIIMS, Confusion as Healthcare Workers Asked to Reuse N-95 Masks

The Wire Staff 08/04/2020

The AIIMS authorities appear to have contradicted themselves in...

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As Wuhan’s Lockdown Ends, Another Begins as Coronavirus Cases Rise in Suifenhe City

Brenda Goh and Thomas Suen 08/04/2020

Mainland China's new coronavirus cases doubled over the past...

FILE PHOTO: Specimens from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests are logged to processed for a positive or negative result at the UW Medicine Virology lab in Seattle,

A Senior Citizen’s Plea: Indians Have a Right to Hydroxychloroquine

Rita Ratnam 08/04/2020

Donald Trump has insisted that India release consignments of...

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200 From JJ Cluster Quarantined in Noida, DM Says ‘Cluster Containment’ Exercise

This is the first "cluster containment" exercise in Gautam...

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The Many Absurdities of the Supreme Court Judgment on Goa’s New Airport

Ritwick Dutta 08/04/2020

The apex court's Mopa 1 judgment of 2019 marked...

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Public Awareness of the Pandemic Is Our Chance to Enforce Better Climate Plans

Siddharth Goel 08/04/2020

We must not let this serious crisis go to...

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Watch | Coronavirus Updates, April 7: Hydroxychloroquine and the Coronavirus, Explained

Pawanjot Kaur 07/04/2020

Why has the ICMR recommended it? And why does...