• March 4, 2025

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Covid crisis grips crowded Kolkata
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Covid crisis grips crowded Kolkata

Kolkata, one of the most densely-populated cities in India, hasn’t escaped the country’s second Covid-19 wave. Stories of the surge have dominated global news – people gasping to stay alive as they wait for critical care beds and treatment; desperate families scrambling for everything, from oxygen cylinders to a doctor’s appointment; mass funeral pyres and […]

India Covid: How law stops NGOs distributing essential aid
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India Covid: How law stops NGOs distributing essential aid

By Sima Kotecha BBC Newsnight Coronavirus pandemic Legislation brought in by the Indian government is preventing non-profit organisations from supplying oxygen concentrators to those who desperately need them, BBC Newsnight understands. The Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) was amended at the height of the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic last year. The changes mean […]

India Covid: Do reinfections pose a challenge to vaccines?
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India Covid: Do reinfections pose a challenge to vaccines?

Soutik Biswas India correspondent Coronavirus pandemic IMAGE COPYRIGHT PALLAVA BAGLAimage caption Pallava Bagla (right) was infected and hospitalised weeks after he was fully vaccinated Three weeks after he had been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, a science journalist in Delhi developed high fever, a sore throat and a general feeling of discomfort. On 22 April, […]

Covid: Serious failures in WHO and global response, report finds
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Covid: Serious failures in WHO and global response, report finds

Coronavirus pandemic The Covid-19 pandemic was preventable, an independent review panel has said. The panel, set up by the World Health Organization, said the combined response of the WHO and global governments was a “toxic cocktail”. The WHO should have declared a global emergency earlier than it did, its report said, adding that without urgent […]