Health

Do masks actually protect against Covid-19? Why is there so little scientific evidence that they are effective? And how did a piece of health advice get so political? 

Two people have been treated in hospital after a fire badly damaged a high-rise tower block, with a similar style of combustible cladding used on Grenfell Tower.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is coming under more pressure to impose a strict lockdown across the country, as the surge in coronavirus cases shows no signs of coming under control.

Fatima Hassan is director of the Health Justice Initiative, a South African-based campaign for equal access to treatment and vaccines.

The entire Indian delegation to the G7 summit in London has been forced to self-isolate after two members tested positive for Covid.

Dr Hatchett forecast the scale of the pandemic way back in January 2020, and in March that year.

We spoke to Indian journalist Mandakini Gahlot, who has been reporting for us from New Delhi, and began by asking how India went from being a world leader in vaccine production to being desperate for jabs itself.

Calls are growing for a national lockdown in India, with the country’s opposition leader saying there’s simply no other way to stop the spread of coronavirus.

Almost half the cases of Covid in the world every day are being diagnosed in India – and the true numbers there are likely to be far higher.

There’s “a good chance” that England’s one-metre plus social distancing rule can be scrapped next month, according to the Prime Minister – although he said the major step towards re-opening the country would still depend on the data.

Vaccines alone aren’t enough to bring the pandemic under control, scientists have warned – something Chile has found out, the hard way.

We spoke to professor Anthony Harnden, who’s deputy chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation

Children aged 12 and over could be offered the Covid jab when they go back to school this autumn

More than 401,000 new cases have been recorded in the last 24 hours – as several states warned of severe vaccine shortages.

With much of the world’s attention focused on the crisis playing out in India, the World Health Organisation has warned the international community not to forget about other hotspots.