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Japan gets off its fourth wave

June 10, 2021

The country’s third and fourth waves have been the most infections with a 500% increase in the number of cases. Japan is getting off a fourth wave of COVID-19...

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Where is India’s north-east in the second wave?

June 10, 2021

The eight sisters of the north-east observed a rise in cases during the second wave, but still only constitute 2% of the country’s total cases. India’s north...

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Building an environment for health

June 5, 2021

It is estimated that 19.71 years of life are lost due to the poor environment. “World Environment Day” celebrated annually on June 5th is set to mark the...

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Maldives struggle to vaccinate amid rising cases

June 4, 2021

The island nation which was being praised for its efforts in COVID vaccine rollout, is now facing one of the fastest growing cases. Maldives has reported a...

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Do lockdowns really work? Here’s what we know

May 28, 2021

Cordon sanitaire, or lockdowns, as they are now known, are not new to pandemic management. For COVID-19, however, the scale is unprecedented. How effective are...

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Nepal faces a 3600% increase in daily infections

May 21, 2021

A second wave of COVID infections has overwhelmed the country’s health system Nepal, on Monday reported over 9000 new cases, nearly reaching the 10,000 mark...

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Vaccine allocated for less than 19% of eligible Indians

May 14, 2021

India has opened vaccine registrations for those aged 18-45 years, but only 19% will receive at least one dose per the current allocation of vaccines. Two...

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Is India’s COVID testing falling behind?

May 7, 2021

As the country reels under a catastrophic second wave of COVID infections, its testing capacity is struggling to catch up. The race to overtake the infection...

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3 reasons why India could be underreporting COVID-19 deaths

May 6, 2021

When it comes to COVID-19 deaths, the ground reality in India’s second wave seems far worse from what is captured by official statistics. We explain three...

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India’s Second Wave: States battling the highest rise in COVID cases

April 30, 2021

Reaching a record-high increase in infections, these Indian states are at the frontlines of battling the deadly second wave Battling a deadly second wave of...