Category: India COVID-19

Volunteers Provide Free, Home-Cooked Food for COVID-19 Patients in India

NEW DELHI—Each of these people saw COVID-19 closely—they had either suffered as a victim or they had a friend or family member suffering during India’s first or second wave. Each of them decided to not let depression beat them and instead to cook for those in need of home-cooked, nutritious meals. Ankita Sahay, a 29-year-old…


New Delhi COVID-19 Volunteer: ‘A 30-Year-Old Died in My Arms’

According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), a research wing of the University of Washington (pdf), without decreased social mixing and face mask use, the current forecasted death toll by August 1 is expected to be over 1 million. India has seen COVID-19 cases of over 350,000 per day for the past ten…


Canada Eyes Policy on Travel From India Due to Massive COVID-19 Surge

The federal government is looking into flights arriving from India due to a massive surge of COVID-19 cases ravaging that country, Canada’s top public health doctor said Wednesday as at least one province urged Ottawa to tighten the border. The government generally believes that limiting travel from specific countries can only go so far, said…