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Second Wave: Malaysia battles new challenges

August 28, 2020

While Malaysia’s COVID-19 positivity rate has been below one percent in August – the lowest among Southeast Asian countries – it’s too early to rejoice. A new...

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The math of death: Calculating fatalities in a pandemic

August 21, 2020

Over 22 million people have been infected by SARS-CoV-2 so far, and 780,000 have lost their lives. Two different takes present two numerically divergent...

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Kerala nurses battle coronavirus globally

July 31, 2020

In the biggest health crisis of the century, Malayali nurses find themselves at the frontlines, fighting the battle against COVID-19. But some nurses are...

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Decoding herd immunity

July 31, 2020

Achieving herd immunity for COVID-19 might be difficult without a vaccine, or a whole lot of people getting sick. The latter, though a faster option, is...

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Vietnam COVID-19 strategy: Do more with less

July 30, 2020

Despite a long border with China and limited resources, the Southeast Asian country, with a population of 97 million people, has reported merely 431 cases of...

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169 days to a million

July 24, 2020

On July 16, India reported its millionth case of COVID-19. It took 169 days for the second-most populous country in the world to reach this undesired milestone...

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World’s best airport falls silent: Singapore’s aviation faces COVID crunch

July 17, 2020

Asia’s economic powerhouse, the tiny city-state of Singapore took an unconventional approach to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. While the case count has reduced...

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Analysing social media response to COVID-19 misinformation

July 5, 2020

Social media platforms are under constant pressure to regulate misinformation. We analysed how the three most popular social media platforms are tackling fake...

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32 and counting

June 18, 2020

In India, 32 doctors have lost their lives so far in the battle against COVID-19. Most of them were catering to the needs of patients during the pandemic. The...

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Trends in Covid-19 misinformation in India

June 12, 2020

Amid an unprecedented global health crisis, health journalists faced a double whammy – one to report effectively on the pandemic and the other to fight the...