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Monday, October 13, 2025
TopicCoronavirus world updates

Topic: coronavirus world updates

Around 5,000 volunteers sign up for phase 1 clinical trial of covid-19 vaccine in Wuhan

A single-centre, open and dose-escalation phase I clinical trial for recombinant novel coronavirus vaccine will be tested in healthy adults aged between 18 and 60 years.

Remdesivir trials in Israel and Italy’s drop in cases — 5 global developments on Covid-19

From supercomputers simulating Covid-19 to an app that tracks symptoms, ThePrint brings you the top developments on the coronavirus pandemic from across the world.

Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus, is in isolation at home in Scotland

The Prince of Wales’ wife, Camila, has tested negative for Covid-19.

Brazilian gangsters impose curfew as President Bolsonaro calls coronavirus a ‘little flu’

Threatening messages are being circulated in the slums of Rio de Janeiro by gangsters saying they will 'teach people to respect' an 8 pm shutdown.

Social media trends #MakeChinaPay as Covid-19 forces people into indefinite quarantine

The novel coronavirus outbreak began in China's Hubei province and has now spread to 197 countries with 19,000 deaths worldwide.

Women in New York are delivering babies alone as there is no hand to hold in hospitals

Tight restrictions on visitors, even for those giving birth, are one of many dramatic measures New York hospitals have taken to prepare for the crush of incoming Covid-19 patients.

Doctors turn to social media to develop Covid-19 treatments in real time

Isolated by a highly contagious virus, doctors across the globe are trying to fill an information void online.

Countries are starting to hoard food, threatening global trade

Not just grocery shoppers, some governments are moving to secure domestic food supplies during the conoravirus pandemic.

India’s perfectly-timed lockdown & wartime efforts to find Covid-19 cure

In episode 426 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta elaborates on India's lockdown and the ongoing research to develop a treatment plan from existing drugs.

How the coronavirus recession is like World War II

There is a lot of discussion about the Great Recession of 2008 but the coronavirus crisis has more in common with World War II.

On Camera

Resetting Afghanistan ties is geopolitical need. Gandhis are showing their diplomatic ignorance

With two hostile neighbours in the immediate vicinity and one in the greater region, it is imperative that New Delhi forge alliances that can offer some stability.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.