covid19

Meet Komal Karpe and Ruturaj Deshmukh, the dynamic young sarpanches of Antroli and Ghatane villages in Maharashtra's Solapur who won praise for their outstanding work during the second Covid wave.

Pabolu Mohan Aditya, a resident of Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, has created a unique face shield that is cheap and environmental friendly.

MyVacc, launched by Bengaluru's Dr Sveta Agarwal holds camps throughout the city, as well as in Pune and Mumbai, to provide free of cost COVID-19 vaccination to members of the unorganised sector such as slum dwellers, daily wagers, cab drivers, the homeless, and more.

Mission Manjri is a citizen-led group working round the clock to combat coronavirus in rural areas of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

Last week, the Supreme Court lauded the 'Mumbai Model' of handling the second wave of coronavirus. With early preparation of oxygen supply, bed availability and efficient working of its 'war room', the city has managed to reduce its positivity rate to a single digit in the last month.

Join ‘To India’s Children’ -- a campaign as part of which The Better India is working with various NGOs across India to give children access to education, nutrition, shelter, support and more.

Uttar Pradesh's Shriti Pandey has constructed two COVID care centres on the outskirts of Patna and Jalandhar, Punjab using stubble. These buildings are inherently thermally insulated and trap carbon dioxide and heat.

Mumbai-based Rouble Nagi Art Foundation (RNAF) has converted their balwadis, or daycares, into covid-care centres to help parents find a place to keep their uninfected children, free of cost.

While the medical community continues to be divided on the issue of plasma therapy while treating COVID-19 patients, here's what these four doctors have to say.

Dr Rajendra Bharud, District Collector of Nandurbar in Maharashtra, has managed to keep his district afloat even amid the second wave of coronavirus, with adequate oxygen supply, beds, a well-planned vaccination drive and systematic preparation beforehand. He tells us how he achieved this feat.