COVID-19 epidemic

Thackeray's statement came a day after the Shiv Sena- led government formally approved a loan waiver scheme under which short-term crop loan up to Rs 2 lakh taken by farmers. Photo: PTI

COVID-19: Maharashtra Scrambles To Contain Renewed Surge of Cases

The Wire Staff 22/02/2021

Currently, about 65% of new cases appear to be...

Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team don personal protection suits during a visit at the Hubei Animal Epidemic Disease Prevention and Control Center in Wuhan

Why Does the Idea That SARS-CoV-2 Came From a Lab Persist?

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/02/2021

By controlling every aspect of the origins investigation, the...

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How CMC Vellore Dealt With Shifting Evidence During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Priyanka Pulla 12/02/2021

Priscilla Rupali, who heads CMC Vellore's guideline development team,...

A man walks past a graffiti of people wearing protective masks amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on a street in Navi Mumbai

COVID-19: What the Third National Sero-Survey Result Does and Doesn’t Tell Us

Murad Banaji 05/02/2021

At face value, between the second and third surveys,...

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10 Questions the DCGI Needs To Answer About the Two Vaccine Candidates Approved

Vasudevan Mukunth 03/01/2021

The statement's brevity, Dr Somani's refusal to take questions...

The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Delhi

What Ella Kissi-Debrah’s Death Reminds Us About India’s Air Pollution Crisis

Santosh Harish and Bhargav Krishna 28/12/2020

Her death was both environmentally and socially unjust –...

Burial of a COVID-19 victim

Hundreds Who Died After COVID-19 Infection Excluded From Gujarat Tally: Report

The Wire Staff 16/12/2020

Dainik Bhaskar has reported that of 500 bodies brought...