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Start wearing masks inside homes Centre cautions amid second COVID wave The Centre on Monday said it's time for people to start wearing face masks inside their homes as well to curb the spread of COVID-19 amid a deadly second wave. Karnataka promises free vaccine to all above 18 at government centres The deadly second wave of COVID-19 has posed a significant challenge to India, one that is proving to be harder to cope with than imagined. With a baseline of 3 lakh+ cases on a daily basis, thousands of deaths, shortage of ICU and oxygen beds and overwhelmed crematories, the people of India must...

As COVID-19 Spike Continues, Offers For Help and Solidarity From Governments Abroad Earlier, the United States had indicated that it was not yet ready to loosen restrictions on the export of vaccine raw materials. Family member wearing PPE performs last rites of a COVID-19 victim at Nigambodh Ghat crematorium, in New Delhi, Friday, April 23, 2021. Photo: PTI World16 hours ago New Delhi: With the graph of COVID-19 cases in India spiking relentlessly, China, France, Australia and Germany have made offers to help, even as the Ministry of External Affairs held meetings with vaccine industry repre...

India's hospitals locked in desperate fight against COVID-19 Authorities in India are scrambling to bolster health care infrastructure as the latest wave of coronavirus infections stretches hospitals to their breaking point. Many people are camping out in front of hospitals where their loved ones are being treated. DW's Nimisha Jaiswal reports. Watch video 03:13

Synopsis Agencies I think EMs will face a bigger trade-off soon because of currency pressures – rupee has depreciated this year. This does have some filtering through to inflation, she said. India needs to ward off credit crunch as a strong second wave of Covid-19 has hit the country at a time when there is constrained fiscal space and monetary ammunition, said Carmen Reinhart, chief economist of the World Bank Group. In an interview to ET , she said India would do well to take early action to help businesses and households that face financial stress. Edited excerpts: How do you see econom...

, you had done a study looking at the prevalence of Covid-19 within families. One of your key findings was that the disease was not spreading as intensely within families as it was outside and in 70%-80% of cases, family members of Covid-19 persons were not affected. Was that because of the behaviour of the virus at that time? How have things changed in this second wave? Dileep Mavalankar : The first major change we see in this second wave, at least anecdotally, is that entire families are affected, save maybe one person. We are planning to do a similar study again now, and have asked for gov...