カテゴリー: Infectious diseases
I am exhausted by corporate Australia’s celebration of the rising economic tide, as the world divides into one of medical oases and deserts“Many people are dying,” Pralhad tells me. He pauses. “But it is not useful to be paralysed. We must act.”Pralhad…
Top adviser warns of India variant impact as scientists urge delay in lockdown changesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson was under mounting pressure on Saturday to reconsider Monday’s relaxation of Covid rules in …
Protesters against Narendra Modi’s controversial citizenship law remain detained in prisons rife with coronavirusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn ashen-faced Natasha Narwal emerged on bail from Delhi’s notorious Tihar jail…
Hancock confirms NHS app will be used to permit travel; EU pressuring AstraZeneca to deliver 120m doses by end of JuneUS authorises Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for children ages 12 to 15Explainer: the deadly ‘black fungus’ seen in Covid patients in Indi…
I’ve watched from the UK as family and friends share increasingly desperate news. Nepal’s leaders have ensured the lack of preparationCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWaiting for India’s Covid wave to break over Nepal has bee…
Climbers and their Sherpa guides were estimated to have carried at least 3,500 oxygen bottles this season – now they need to be refilledSee all our coronavirus coverageNepal is so short of oxygen canisters that it has asked climbers on Mount Everest to…
Usually very rare, mucormycosis has a high mortality rate and is difficult to treat A rare black fungus that invades the brain is being increasingly seen in vulnerable patients in India, including those with Covid-19, as the health system continues to …
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Modi’s government had a choice between saving lives and saving face. It has chosen the latterA few years ago, as Narendra Modi came into power, I worked on an investigative report about India hiding its malaria deaths. In traveling from tribal Odisha t…
New variants are contributing factor behind country’s vicious second wave with likelihood of more variants emergingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHealth experts have warned that a Covid-19 third wave is “inevitable” in Indi…
Nasal swabs allegedly washed, repackaged and sold to passengers required to take test at Medan airportCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageStaff at an Indonesian pharmaceutical company have been accused of washing and repackaging…
Large gatherings and concerts also banned in Egypt; Kenya finds India variant after Uganda also reported it; Tokyo Olympics ‘to go ahead’ after test eventIndia’s neighbours close borders as Covid wave spreads across regionNepal reports 19 positive Covi…
India records 357,229 new daily cases and 3,449 deaths; US daily cases fall to lowest average since October; Germany cancels OktoberfestVaccine shortages blight India’s efforts to contain Covid crisisEU plans to reopen to fully Covid-vaccinated foreign…
Indian government accused of complacency, with shortage of jabs likely to continue ‘for months’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSevere Covid-19 vaccine shortages have hampered India’s plan to administer jabs to all adults, wi…