Covid Surge

Explained: How severe is China's COVID-19 outbreak?

In the absence of credible information from the Chinese government, determining the size and severity of the COVID-19 surge is a big scientific guessing game. Scientists from all over the world are looking for clues about the outbreak

Desperate Measures: With 25 million COVID cases likely next week in Shanghai, China rehires retired doctors

With rise in Covid-19 cases and deaths in China, the government has summoned retired medical workers in rural areas to treat patients and restrict the spread

PM Modi to review Covid situation at high-level meeting today

In the last six months, India reported four cases of the BF.7 Omicron sub-variant, which is driving the current surge of infections in China

How Omicron's BA.5 became a master of disguise, and what it means for COVID-19 surge

BA.5 will not be the endgame. As the virus continues to circulate, this evolutionary trend will likely lead to the emergence of more transmissible variants that are capable of immune escape

COVID-19 treatment: Centre plans to create live dashboard to monitor availability of key drugs

The move is driven by the learnings from the second wave when COVID-19 critical medicines were hoarded and blackmarketed causing shortages in the market

West Bengal reports 6,153 new COVID cases, eight fresh fatalities, positivity rate jumps up to 15.93%

As 2,407 patients were discharged on Sunday, the recovery rate stood at 97.77 percent, the health department bulletin said

UK's Boris Johnson walks tightrope between politics and COVID surge

On Tuesday, Johnson faced the biggest parliamentary rebellion of his tenure as 97 Conservatives voted against new COVID-19 restrictions