Are COVID-19 cases plateauing in major Indian cities?
Immunologist Dr. Satyajit Rath and NewsClick’s Prabir Purkayastha review the COVID-19 situation in India, and also talk about the possibilities of the Corbevax vaccine
“We are inviting vaccine-escape variants”
Dr. Satyajit Rath discusses the rates of COVID-19 immunization in India and how the iniquitous nature of this process can lead to the spread of vaccine-escaping variants
COVID-19 in India: A tale of crumbling health systems and political one-upmanship
India’s government had a year to ramp up its health infrastructure. Instead, crucial time was lost in denial, underestimation, political one-upmanship and blame games
India: World’s biggest producer fails to vaccinate its people
The Narendra Modi government in India chose to believe that it had defeated the pandemic, and therefore the slow pace of its vaccination program posed no problems
Indian govt. should properly explain vaccine doses gap: Satyajit Rath
Immunologist Dr. Satyajit Rath and Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha talk about the Indian government’s decision to extend the interval between doses
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