Covid-19: What data about excess deaths reveals about Mumbai’s class divide

It highlights the risk of underestimating the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the most marginalised communities.

Murad Banaji

· Yesterday · 06:30 am

In Odisha, Covid-19 exposed governance failures and reinforced the state’s deep inequities

From testing to ICU beds to vaccines, every aspect of the crisis reflected state failures.

Bijaya Biswal

· Sep 10, 2021 · 06:30 am

A year and a half into the pandemic, India’s official Covid-19 data is still plagued by gaps

A new preprint paper finds that the Centre and most states do not report granular coronavirus data.

Rukmini S, IndiaSpend.com

· Sep 07, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Everything you need to know about Mu, the new coronavirus variant of interest

It is possible that the new variant’s genetic changes might make it more transmissible and allow it to cause more severe disease.

Luke O'Neill, The Conversation

· Sep 06, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Expats returning to South Korea during the pandemic are being scapegoated by the government

For Koreans living overseas, the country’s response to coronavirus has been hard to manage.

Jongheon Kim, The Conversation

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Ivan Sainsaulieu, The Conversation

· Sep 03, 2021 · 11:30 pm

A new lineage of SARS-CoV-2 has been discovered in South Africa

Six experts explain what’s known so far.

Wolfgang Preiser, The Conversation

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Cathrine Scheepers, The Conversation

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Jinal Bhiman, The Conversation

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Marietjie Venter, The Conversation

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Penny Moore, The Converstion

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Tulio de Oliveira, The Conversation

· Sep 02, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Rising Covid-19 graph shows Kerala is a victim of its own success

Unlike other states where the virus rapidly rampaged through the population, Kerala managed to slow down its spread, effectively leaving room for a third wave.

Tabassum Barnagarwala

· Sep 02, 2021 · 09:00 am

Covid-19 vaccine boosters may increase protection against new variants, research shows

There is also emerging evidence that natural infection with Delta may produce stronger protection than that created currently by doses.

Ana Valdes, The Conversation

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Benjamin Ollivere, The Conversation

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Jonathan Ball, The Conversation

· Aug 31, 2021 · 11:30 pm

For the millions who just joined India’s middle class, the pandemic has been a cruel financial blow

While government spending since last year has partially helped cushion the vulnerable population from the worst impacts of Covid-19, it has fallen short.

Rohit Inani, IndiaSpend.com

· Aug 31, 2021 · 02:30 pm

Long Covid in rural India: ‘I don’t feel like talking to anyone’

Many people in the villages of Maharashtra are silently suffering from fatigue, brain fog, hairfall, anxiety, long after they recovered from Covid-19.

Tabassum Barnagarwala

· Aug 31, 2021 · 09:00 am

Explainer: The Covid-19 treatment given to Trump has been cleared in US, India and, now, UK

Here’s everything you need to know about Ronapreve.

Lara Marks, The Conversation

· Aug 30, 2021 · 09:30 pm

In pictures: Anxious about Covid-19 college closures, Kolkata students take classes to the street

They are hoping the government will take notice of their initiative and reopen educational institutions.

Ayan Dawn

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Koushik Das

· Aug 28, 2021 · 03:30 pm