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People wait to receive a coronavirus vaccine in Mumbai  Credit: AFP Sitting at her computer in mid-February, Bhramar Mukherjee felt her stomach drop as she analysed India’s rising number of Covid-19 cases. “I remember tweeting on February 18 that we were seeing the number of infections doubling in states like Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, and Punjab but no one took me seriously, even my own family,” recalls Prof Mukherjee, an Indian-born Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology at the Un...

‘Huge gatherings at Hindu festival as virus surges’: How international media reported Kumbh Mela ‘Huge gatherings at Hindu festival as virus surges’: How international media reported Kumbh Mela The media pointed out that though India continues to report unprecedented Covid-19 figures, the mega gathering has been allowed to take place in Haridwar. Some of the headlines carried by international media about the Kumbh Mela. As hundreds of thousands of Hindu devotees flocked to parti...

European Union to start receiving the vaccines by end of April, providing a boost to the bloc's beleaguered immunization campaign

Covid 2.0: Pandemic lessons India should have taken from second influenza wave of 1918  Years after the deadly influenza pandemic of 1918-20, it was estimated that one-third to half the Indian population was infected and 10-20 million people, then 3-6 per cent of the population, had died. The major damage was caused in a short period from June 1918 to early 1919. The second wave of the pandemic lasted for less than three months -- mid-September to early December of 1918 - but was most devastat...

The European Union said Wednesday that it is expecting 50 million  Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses earlier than expected, as the United States said it would continue a pause in vaccinations using the Johnson & Johnson shot for at least another week so regulators can assess possible blood clot links. Rival drugmaker AstraZeneca faced a similar setback after Denmark banned its use, also over blood clot links. Concerns over using the J&J and AstraZeneca vaccines have dampen hopes that mass ...

News by Rohan Smith If last week was a bad week for India, this week might be even worse. More than 1 million cases were recorded in a week and on Wednesday Indias daily death toll passed 1000 for the first time since mid-October. It is bad timing to host the worlds largest religious festival on the banks of the River Ganges but the mostly maskless crowd packed the shore regardless for pictures that were beamed around the world. But as the country grapples...

News by Rohan Smith If last week was a bad week for India, this week might be even worse. More than 1 million cases were recorded in a week and on Wednesday Indias daily death toll passed 1000 for the first time since mid-October. It is bad timing to host the worlds largest religious festival on the banks of the River Ganges but the mostly maskless crowd packed the shore regardless for pictures that were beamed around the world. But as the country grapples...

News by Rohan Smith If last week was a bad week for India, this week might be even worse. More than 1 million cases were recorded in a week and on Wednesday Indias daily death toll passed 1000 for the first time since mid-October. It is bad timing to host the worlds largest religious festival on the banks of the River Ganges but the mostly maskless crowd packed the shore regardless for pictures that were beamed around the world. But as the country grapples...

News by Rohan Smith If last week was a bad week for India, this week might be even worse. More than 1 million cases were recorded in a week and on Wednesday Indias daily death toll passed 1000 for the first time since mid-October. It is bad timing to host the worlds largest religious festival on the banks of the River Ganges but the mostly maskless crowd packed the shore regardless for pictures that were beamed around the world. But as the country grapples...

News by Rohan Smith If last week was a bad week for India, this week might be even worse. More than 1 million cases were recorded in a week and on Wednesday Indias daily death toll passed 1000 for the first time since mid-October. It is bad timing to host the worlds largest religious festival on the banks of the River Ganges but the mostly maskless crowd packed the shore regardless for pictures that were beamed around the world. But as the country grapples...