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.

Social stigma can drive people to hide the illness to avoid discrimination, prevent them from seeking health care immediately, and discourage them from adopting healthy behaviours, the document explains.

For most of the states the lockdown will be in force from Monday morning till March 31 midnight. But what does a lockdown mean in the Indian context? 

Globally, more than 3,00,000 people have been infected and the death toll has crossed over 13,000. The Epidemic Diseases Act is routinely enforced across the country for dealing with outbreaks of diseases such as swine flu, dengue, and cholera.

As the COVID-19 outbreak progresses, India’s concerns are about eventual community transmission. How and when does a pandemic reach this stage, and how has it been progressing in other countries so far?

Worldwide, many governments have announced large spending programmes to help individuals and businesses stay afloat.

A paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Tuesday has come out with new information on the longevity of the virus in the air — and on different surfaces.

There is no evidence that vitamin C can prevent an infection. Vitamin C is, however, still good for you, and can help the body’s immune system fight the virus if it does infect someone. But again, there is no evidence that it can cure a patient either.

The symptoms, in the absence of allergies or sinusitis, should alert doctors to screen patients for the virus and “warrant serious consideration for self isolation and testing of these individuals,” the academy said.

The orders issued to curb the spread of the coronavirus have been framed under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897.

The teams of health and police department have been formed to trace these NRIs as per these lists in their respective villages or towns. Then, they are being examined and asked to do self-quarantine for 14 days.

Since the lungs and respiratory tract in smokers are already compromised to various extents, they are more prone to be severely infected by SARS CoV-2, which primarily attacks the respiratory system in human beings, and in severe cases leads to symptoms such…

The change in the cap, as per the amendments in the Finance Bill passed in the Parliament Monday, will enable the government to raise duties on petrol and diesel by another Rs 8 per litre each.

The police department of Haryana, in which a lockdown was announced on Monday (March 23), has releases a detailed set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on this.

Last week, US President Donald Trump had said a hydroxychloroquine-azithromycin combination could be a “game changer” in the fight against COVID-19.

As community spread of the novel coronavirus in India looms, answers to some key questions over testing for the virus

Can a person have coronavirus in their body even if their respiratory samples test negative?

Coronavirus in India: The lockdown on air travel, in addition to a complete shutdown of Railways and interstate road transport, would result in citizens being confined to their cities.