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Coronavirus: What is convalescent plasma therapy? Things you should know

Convalescent plasma is an experimental procedure for coronavirus patients

Over 400,000 samples tested, 17,615 Indians Covid-19 positive: ICMR

ICMR said that by the end of May it would achieve the testing capacity of 100,000 per day

Covid-19 factoid: South Korea stages a sharp recovery, Kerala does well too

While Michigan and New York have the highest fatality rate among states in the US, Kerala has brought things well under control

New strategies to expand Covid-19 testing at affordable costs as cases rise

Pvt labs seek approval for protocol on patient sample pooling; faecal testing also considered

Coronavirus found in two species of Indian bats, reveals ICMR study

A study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has found the presence of a coronavirus in bat species from Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu

India coronavirus dispatch: Re-imagining our economic choices going forward

From cooperation between Union and state governments, to reimagining our economic choices, and how coronavirus attacks the human body step by step - read these and more in today's India dispatch

Coronavirus LIVE: India awaits PM's word on lockdown as cases top 10,000

Coronavirus Live updates: While India cases have gone past 10,000, the govt is likely to decide on lockdown extension today. Stay with Business Standard for latest Covid-19 updates

Covid-19: How Indian states have fared in testing for coronavirus

An analysis of where India stands in terms of confirmed coronavirus cases as a proportion of total tests carried out

Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra cases rise to 1,982, Delhi 1,154, TN 1,075

Worldwide number for coronavirus cases has topped the 1.85-million mark, and the death toll has already crossed 114,247. Stay tuned to Business Standard for LIVE updates

Oxygen kits to help you self-treat your breathing ailment at home or work

The devices come in handly if you have respiratory issues like COPD, asthma or sleep apnea. But if it is Covid-19, go straight to an authorised hospital

Covid-19 has caused severe disruption for the Indian economy: World Bank

The coronavirus pandemic may wipe out all the gains made in poverty alleviation in South Asia, says World Bank

We're more civilised now

The benefits of modern medicine have led people to demand more from the State, and to value every life. Even a modest death toll caused by an epidemic today is unacceptable

Covid-19: US sees 2,108 deaths in a day; France, Brazil tallies top 1,000

The death toll in the United States has surpassed the level of 16,500 so far

Local industry cries foul over nil import duty on Covid-19 medical supplies

Indian players who have invested in their units to rise up to the occassion say they may end up with idle capacity once Chinese firms ramp up production and bring prices down

2% patients with respiratory infections tested positive for Covid-19: ICMR

About 40 per cent of Covid-19 cases with severe acute respiratory infection did not have any history of contact with a positive patient or international travel

Covid-19 Factoid: Pain and recovery as cases set to cross 1.5 mn mark

Germany, where 40 per cent of all infected persons are recovering, is doing the best by that metric among the five worst-affected nations

Covid-19: Are we testing enough? Here's how India fares versus others

A look at how India compares with other countries in confirmed coronavirus cases as a proportion of tests carried out

Covid-19 Factoid: Rising deaths in US, low recovery, and other data trends

The coronavirus crisis seems to be getting worse globally, but the US particularly is now seeing its fatality rate growing at faster rate than infections; three in every 10 deaths now are in the US

In pics: Covid-19 epicentre Wuhan crawls back to normalcy after 76 days

Chinese authorities are now allowing residents of Wuhan to travel in and out of the sprawling city where the pandemic began

Covid-19: Supply of essential goods hit as only 15% trucks plying on roads

Of about 1.25 million trucks with national permit only about 200,000 are on road during the 21-day nationwide lockdown to control the coronavirus pandemic