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India coronavirus dispatch: Can 'social bubbles' contain Covid-19 spread?

From cancer care through the pandemic, to Mumbai's efforts to ramp up its health infra, and how our cities turned the crisis from bad to worse - read these and more in today's India dispatch

Coronavirus: Lancet retracts study claiming death risk from use of HCQ

Based on this development, we can no longer vouch for the veracity of the primary data sources, the retraction statement noted

India simplifies clinical trial rules for Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing

Govt will take inter-departmental approach to ensure right vaccine candidate is available for Indians at the earliest

Covid-19 Factoid: India's recovery rate improving, but active cases a worry

Punjab has seen a phenomenal V-shaped recovery since its peak of early May, with daily new case additions consistently below 50 and only 10% of all cases active

Covid-19 Factoid: Roughly 6% of all closed cases in India are deaths

While India has been the fourth-biggest contributor of new daily case additions globally in the past 10 days, the country has added the fifth block of 1,000 cases to its toll in just 5 days

Covid-19 Factoid: First time India saw more recoveries than new cases

First time India saw a reduction in active cases while in Uttarakhand there is a sudden jump

India coronavirus dispatch: Covid patients more prone to dying from surgery

States' loss of fiscal autonomy, what latest data on India's coronavirus testing tells us, and why Mumbai has more patients than beds--a roundup of pieces from across Indian publications on Covid-19

Covid-19 Factoid: India has reported 100+ deaths on each day since May 13

Six of the nine countries in Europe have death rates above the global average of 6.2 per cent. By comparison, India's fatality rate is much lower at 2.9%

Covid exposes 73 yrs of under-investment in Indian healthcare: Bali of AHH

In a Q&A, Vishal Bali, Chairman, Asia Healthcare Holdings says lockdown has reduced occupancy in private institutions from a pre-Covid 75% level to 45%, translating into a revenue drop of 50-70%

Coronavirus LIVE: Working with India to develop vaccine, says Trump

India coronavirus LIVE updates: Maharashtra cases at 27,524, Tamil Nadu 9,674, Delhi 8,470. Stay tuned with Business Standard for Covid 19 LIVE updates on corona cases and death toll worldwide

Coronavirus LIVE: India just a whisker away from overtaking China in cases

Coronavirus India update state-wise: Maharashtra cases at 27,524, Tamil Nadu 9,227, Delhi 7,798. Stay tuned with Business Standard for Covid 19 LIVE updates on corona cases and death toll worldwide

Coronavirus LIVE: India cases rise to 78,055; global tally at 4,429,235

Coronavirus LIVE: Stay tuned with Business Standard for Covid 19 LIVE updates on corona cases and death toll worldwide

Coronavirus: Govt starts district-level testing of medics, pregnant women

Results of this sample-pooling exercise are only for surveillance purposes. It should not be used for diagnosis of individual patients, the health ministry has said

Covid-19 cases soar in Tamil Nadu, 771 infections reported in a single day

A large number of cases reported today are linked to the spread from Koyambedu Market, the largest vegetable and fruits market in this part of the country

Karnataka announces Rs 1,610 cr package; hikes excise duty on liqour

The state government has decided to announce a relief package for farmers who were not able to market their produce

Covid-19 may prompt states to hold on to revenue sources outside GST

Given the states limited capacity to mobilise revenues, it will be difficult to bring oil, fuel and tobacco under the purview of GST in the near future

548 doctors and other healthcare professionals infected in India: Report

Covid-19 has claimed 1,694 lives and infected 49,391 people nationwide till Wednesday morning

Beijing-based AIIB mulls $500 mn funding for healthcare system in India

AIIB is doubling available funds under its COVID-19 Crisis Recovery Facility to provide upto $10 billion due to high client demand.

One coronavirus patient can infect 406 persons in no lockdown: ICMR

ICMR assumed R-naught at 2.5 for the study; 107,006 tests for Covid-19 have been conducted to date

Covid-19: Tele-consultations pick up as patients avoid visiting hospitals

The Cloudnine Group of Hospitals, a maternity, childcare and fertility care group of hospitals has announced the launch of its tele-consultation service with doctors