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Global vaccines programme gets $8.8bn shot in the arm

Governments around the world on Thursday pledged $8.8 billion for global vaccines alliance Gavi to help immunisation programmes disrupted by coronavirus, prompting calls for...

India approves emergency use of remdesivir to treat COVID-19 patients

India's government said on Tuesday it has approved Gilead Sciences Inc's antiviral drug remdesivir for emergency use for five doses in treating COVID-19 patients. Remdesivir,...

India’s coronavirus infections overtake France amid criticism of lockdown

India's cases of coronavirus crossed 190,000, the health ministry said on Monday, overtaking France to become seventh highest in the world, as the government...

Indian Railways’ first isolation coaches deployed for treatment of coronavirus patients

After almost two months of lying unutilised, the railways' first COVID-19 care centre consisting of 10 modified coaches with 160 beds has been deployed...

After gas leak tragedy, Bhopal victims fall prey to virus

Victims of a horrifying 1984 gas leak in the Indian city of Bhopal, who have long suffered the debilitating fallout of the world's worst...

Inside a COVID-19 hospital in India, doctors see no end in sight

It was barely noon on Thursday when the metal doors of the mortuary at a hospital in south New Delhi swung open and staff...

Indian doctors go online to treat patients amid coronavirus outbreak

As India's health system grapples with the coronavirus, doctors are increasingly going online to consult with patients suffering less critical or chronic diseases, while the...

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