Where is the manpower to handle ventilators?

The second wave of the pandemic has not only crippled medical infrastructure in terms of hospital beds, but has also led to bottlenecks in invasive ventilators and medical oxygen capacities and......

1 COVID patient can infect 400 people: Maha health official

The head of Maharashtra's COVID-19 task force Dr Sanjay Oak on Thursday said a COVID-19 patient can infect 400 people, and hence, there is no alternative to masks, hygiene and social distancing.......

India-made Remdesivir may come out in 10 days

The antiviral drug may cost around Rs 55,000 for an 11-dose course, or Rs 5,000 per injection -- much less than the price of imports from Bangladesh, reports Sohini Das.  Image used for......

'We are very close to the peak in Mumbai'

'There is just one silver lining: The fatality rate has gone down.' IMAGE: A paramedic collects a swab sample at the KEM Hospital in central Mumbai, May 19, 2020. Photograph: Sunil Khandare/ANI......