Black fungus: Is diabetes behind India’s high number of cases?
By Shruti Menon BBC Reality Check Coronavirus pandemic About 12,000 cases of a condition known as “black fungus” have been…
The India Covid patients whose lonely deaths went viral
By Vineet Khare BBC Hindi, Delhi Coronavirus pandemic In Delhi in April, six people died alone on a hospital ward,…
Covid: White House defends Dr Fauci over lab leak emails
Coronavirus pandemic The White House has defended the president’s top coronavirus adviser, Dr Anthony Fauci, amid scrutiny of his recently…
Covid-19: India top court criticises vaccination drive
Coronavirus pandemic India’s Supreme Court has sharply criticised the federal government over its coronavirus vaccination programme. The judges asked the…
Pregnant and unprotected: Indian mothers-to-be living in fear of Covid
By Aparna Alluri and Vikas Pandey BBC News, Delhi Coronavirus pandemic When Jagriti Eadala found out she was pregnant in…
Covid: China’s Sinovac vaccine gets WHO emergency approval
Coronavirus pandemic The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved China’s Sinovac Covid vaccine for emergency use. It is the second…
‘White fungus’: Drug-resistant fungal infections pose threat to India patients
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Coronavirus pandemic In May, a middle-aged-man suffering from Covid-19 was admitted in an intensive care unit…
The Indian children orphaned by Covid-19
By Vikas Pandey & Andrew Clarance BBC News, Delhi Coronavirus pandemic Five-year-old Pratham and his 10-month-old brother Ayush lost their…
Covid: Vietnam detects new UK-Indian variant, health officials say
Vietnam has detected a Covid variant that appears to be a combination of the Indian and UK variants and can…
Covid: China hits back as US revisits Wuhan lab-leak theory
Coronavirus pandemic China has denounced US efforts to further investigate whether Covid-19 came from a Chinese lab. US President Joe…