Add a little liquid dish soap to a mug of (preferably warm) water and scrub surfaces like kitchen tabletops. Soap dissolves the outer lipid layer of the coronavirus, causing it to collapse and ‘die’.

Presidential nominees in the present Rajya Sabha are Swapan Dasgupta, Subramanian Swamy, Narendra Jadhav, Suresh Gopi, Mary Kom, Chhatrapati Sambhajiraje, Roopa Ganguly (all nominated in 2016), Rakesh Sinha, Sonal Mansingh, and Raghunath Mohapatra (all 2018).

Across the country, specially constituted teams are trying to trying to trace each individual that the infected person came in contact with, and monitor people living in that area.

With over 82% of deaths occurring in the three countries of China, Italy, and Iran. By now, a significant volume of data and research has been generated, and some key trends have emerged.

The COVID-19 outbreak has pulled almost half the world’s student population out of class, estimates UNESCO. Why was this massive disruption needed, and why do some countries resist such a move?

The coronavirus outbreak has the aviation sector bleeding in what could well continue for months. What is the way ahead for airlines amid the coronavirus outbreak? What do experts have to say? We explain.

Talk of higher immunity and a stronger body (better lung capacity) had lulled many into believing that the coronavirus was something that struck only those who were very old or very young or with lungs compromised owing to various health ailments.

While panic over the coronavirus outbreak must always be avoided, downplaying concerns over a disease that is spreading fast, and in unpredictable ways, can have serious consequences.

On March 17, guidelines developed jointly by the WHO, UNHRC, IFRC, and the IOM mentioned that this set of people may find it more difficult to access healthcare facilities that are otherwise available to the general population.

Scientists around the world are looking for a vaccine and drugs to combat the novel coronavirus. What are these various approaches and the signals so far?

Early research from Italy and China suggests that COVID-19 patients who died those countries were more likely to have had pre-existing health conditions, namely diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and cardiovascular diseases.

On Friday, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging that the NPR updation be postponed.

The strategy document is based on the consideration that India has witnessed only imported cases of the illness, with limited local transmission to immediate contacts.

Plane travel is often blamed for making travellers ill, but a new study suggests that the germs may actually be closer to the ground.

What we know so far is that the coronavirus severely affects the elderly but Africa has a younger population than Europe. This is reassuring for the continent despite its high mortality rates.

For residents of many slum colonies situated across Mumbai it is not possible to put into practice any of the protective measures against COVID-19 prescribed by the WHO, including social distancing.

Governors in several American states have issued executive orders aimed at slowing the spread of the virus, asking people to stay at home as much as possible, and enacting rules to limit the sizes of gatherings, and putting curbs on older Americans with underlying…

The hydroxychloroquine-azithromycin combination has shown some success in a very small study. But the evidence is thin, and India does not prescribe this cocktail.

Community spread implies that the virus is now circulating in the community, and can infect people with no history — either of travel to affected areas, or of contact with the infected person.