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.

Research into decision-making under threat suggests that concerns about looming mass panic are badly misplaced.

Vijayan said that a knee-jerk decision to close down all retail liquor outlets in the state could have 'social repercussions' and that the state cannot afford such incidents at this juncture.

The measures included tax relief, both direct and indirect and everyday working norms for a variety of economic magnates such as exporters and importers, small and medium-sized firms, and individuals as well.

Germany’s use of Kurzarbeit during the 2008-2009 economic crisis has been cited as one of the reasons why the country was able to hold its unemployment rate to within 7.5 per cent even during the recession.

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A new ICMR paper’s hypothetical model finds quarantining 50% of symptomatic cases within 3 days of symptoms would reduce overall cases by 62% and peak number of cases by 89% in an optimistic scenario. In a pessimistic scenario, these numbers would be 2% and…

In India with more year-round disease, it will indeed be difficult to lock down for very long periods.

How prepared is India to meet the supply requirements of the most essential of items, food?

What makes the elderly especially vulnerable to the virus? James Diaz, a professor at Louisiana State University’s School of Public Health, has hypothesised that the reason could lie in the victims’ medications.

Hantavirus Symptoms: Cases of the hantavirus in humans occur mostly in rural areas where forests, fields and farms offer suitable habitat for infected rodents.

From India going into total lockdown to the Taliban saying they will cooperate with the Afghanistan government, here is how the Southeast Asian countries are coping.

Contact tracing is not a novel concept and has been used as a method to track cases of the Ebola virus in Africa.

Staying physically distant is key to break the chain of transmission, but at this time of great anxiety, ‘social distancing’ conveys a wrong message. Lockdown loneliness can hit mental health — here’s how to cope.

Tokyo Olympics cancelled: The Summer Games make up the world’s largest sporting event, a multibillion-dollar endeavor that every four years brings together thousands of athletes from hundreds of countries.

High population density, air travel from epicenter Wuhan, and a public transport system used by millions. These factors may have led to a high infection rate in New York City

"The key takeaway from this experience is the urgent need to build our public health infrastructure — personnel trained in public health, standardization of responses to disease outbreaks, and building systems that keep a vigilant eye on infectious diseases…

The package to combat coronavirus is the largest in modern US history, and includes direct payments and unemployment benefits to individuals and financial support for states, hospitals and businesses.

The quickest way to assess immunity is a blood test that looks for protective antibodies in the blood of people who have recovered. But first you have to have the test.