Calls grow for India lockdown amid worsening COVID…

India’s government is facing growing pressure to impose a nationwide lockdown to stem the devastating coronavirus surge that has overwhelmed hospitals and morgues. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, widely criticised for allowing religious festivals and…

No need to worry about reports of blood…

India should have reported 320 cases of blood clot associated with administering of Covishield vaccine by now if the European levels of risk calculated for AstraZeneca were to apply to the country, according to eminent…

Bhutan, with only 37 doctors, vaccinates 470,000 people…

Bhutan has administered close to half a million doses of Covid-19 vaccine in just nine days of rolling out its vaccination programme. Its achievement was lauded by Unicef (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) in…