The “Not-So-Soon Ending” Saga of Covid-19

2 years later, I look back and laugh at my own sense of judgement. It was somewhere in the mid of March 2021 that a news channel enlightened us about the last pandemic. The virus that took almost 2 years to subside. And I, sitting on my chair underestimated the ‘then’ emerging Covid-19. “If 100…

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Third wave of Covid:- Half the cases, double the transmission

The suspected third wave of corona, that can possible hit India somewhere between October-November this year, if Covid appropriate behavior is not followed. The authorities faced a lot of criticism for not predicting the second wave of the deadly virus, which changed the phase of the country during those 2-3 months. The panel, hence, now…

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Delta Plus, a covid- 19 variant of concern

The Delta variant of novel coronavirus, first detected in India has now acquired the spike protein mutation called K417N. There has been worries around the variant being more transmittable as the World Health Organization (WHO) list it as a variant of concern.  India, on Wednesday reported around 40 new cases of the Delta variant carrying…

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Insoluble Stories of COVID-19

“So, I’ll now have a story to narrate to my grandchildren”.  This is the most common line I have, after encountering any unusual event. Amongst all of that, what I would first be telling to my grandchildren is everything known about COVID-19. From those 3 months under lockdown to the time we spent together as a…

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