COVID-19 and lockdown: Insights from Mumbai

COVID-19 Outbreak in Africa: Lessons and Insights from the West African Ebola Virus Disease Epidemics

Over the years, the African continent has had to battle several outbreaks of infectious diseases in different countries. Some of the most deadly were the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks that occurred in West Africa between 2014 and 2016 affecting Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone and, more recently, from 2018 to 2020 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the era of the COVID-19 pand...

Unravelling the Pathogenesis of Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia: Are There Possible Insights From High Altitude?

Covid-19 Serological Tests: A Journey from Denial of Reality to Conclusive Insights

In response to the outbreak of COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, several tests are needed for diagnosis of acute illness, contact tracking, diagnosis of asymptomatic infections, and assessment of herd immunity. While PCR is the standard test in acute type, serological tests have been developed and used to meet diagnostic needs due to the widespread prevalence of the disease. Unlike the...

Relaxed Lockdown in Bangladesh During COVID-19: Should Economy Outweigh Health?

The effect of COVID-19 lockdown on the air environment in India

COVID-19 is a huge tragedy for the world community. Everything in the world is affected due to this pandemic right from economy to resources where the economy of major countries of the world are facing recession and resources are surplus with no takers at all. The measures to contain COVID-19 pandemic include lockdown, social distancing, isolation, and home quarantine. Lockdown adopted by the d...