Public Health Foundation of India

As incubation period is 14 days, the cases emerging now are older and they have to be discounted.

The Hindu

Dr Rutu Trivedi of the Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar (IIPHG), writes about action towards ‘coronanxiety’ and fear. She also elaborated some of the ways to manage despair and increased health anxiety in the times of COVID-19 pandemic.

ETV Bharat

By mid-May, all government hospitals will be occupied by infected patients, shows an estimate. India will fall short of infrastructure at the current rate of infections.

NewsClick

Even if spread of Covid-19 is controlled in a few weeks, several containment measures will be needed till June

Business Line

While national responses have varied, there are key messages that India must heed as it shapes and strengthens her own response. This is not new wisdom but past prescriptions that were not implemented.

Indian Express

If health security is viewed as an integral part of national and global security, pharma manufacturers must not be left dependent on a tenuous supply chain for APIs.

Financial Express

The world has recognised that the total number of affected persons is of great importance, not just the disease’s severity, in determining how to respond.

The New Indian Express

There could be successful containment; limited spread; or community transmission. Prepare well

Hindustan Times

Increase from last year’s outlay of Rs 62,659 crore was not large enough to account even for inflation.

The Telegraph

Budget 2020-21: Just as Anganwadi workers will be equipped with smartphones, frontline health workers too must be technology enabled to make primary healthcare more accessible, efficient and less doctor dependant.

Financial Express