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Covid-19 in India
India’s national government looks increasingly hapless
Confronted with catastrophe, the state has melted away
Why is Mumbai handling its second wave better than Delhi?
Credit a sensible administrative structure, decentralisation and data-driven planning
The second wave of covid-19 feels nothing like the first
Holed up in Delhi, where friends are falling ill too fast to count
Out of oxygen, out of time: covid-19 suffocates Kolkata
As the second wave sweeps across India, life and death can be a matter of guessing the right number to call
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America wants to waive patent protection for vaccines
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Vaccine donations have yet to take off
Less than one dose for every 100 of the world’s people has been given away
Almost one billion doses of covid-19 vaccines have been produced
The world is working out how to share them
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