Transmission

Soon, it will be too late to find out where and how the COVID-19 virus originated in China

The WHO panel visited China and found evidence pointing to the pandemic starting as a result of zoonotic transmission of the virus, meaning a spillover from an animal to humans.

Handshakes and direct human contact could be making a comeback post COVID-19

Shaking hands is a ritual taught to children by adults, but after 16 traumatic months it is one that could weaken if it is not passed down to the next generation.

Poor nutrition changes the way body fights an infection, might protect people against severe COVID-19

However, this doesn't mean we ignore the fact that malnutrition is killing millions and not work towards curbing food insecurity globally.

India's COVID-19 case tally breaches 20 million mark, experts say 'horrible' weeks coming

The death and infection figures are considered unreliable because testing is patchy and reporting incomplete.

IIT Kharagpur model predicts effect of SARS-CoV-2 virus on lungs, post-infection

The research will lead to a better understanding of metabolic reprogramming, development of therapeutics to deal with the pandemic.

Countries were slow to wake up to the risks of COVID-19: WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus

WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan said too many countries thought the problem would simply pass them by and didn't jolt into action.

South African COVID-19 variant may provide better immunity against other mutations, finds small study

Coronavirus mutations have put a damper on global vaccination programmes after existing shots were found to offer less protection against them.

Catching COVID-19 from surfaces is very unlikely, maybe we should ease up on the constant disinfecting

This isn’t to say surface transmission isn’t possible and that we should disregard it completely but, we should acknowledge the threat is relatively small.

COVID-19 cases in Wuhan might've been 10 times higher then official data showed: Chinese CDC report

The discrepancy maybe due to underreporting due to the chaos when a large number of people were not tested or were not tested accurately for Covid-19.

WHO's COVID-19 probe team interested in finding source of virus, not guilty parties

Ten scientists will go on a mission to China, expected to last between five and six weeks with the first two spent in quarantine, to find the origin of the virus.