India Coronavirus Dispatch: Exposure to pathogens may have helped India

A covid-negative medical certificate in parts of Karnataka, a video game to raise awareness, new research on immunity--news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

Immunity in India: New research unveiled by Indian scientists suggests low-income countries, including India, may have been able to stave off severe infections because a large number of people were likely exposed to pathogens that allowed for the development of stronger immunity. India has a sixth of the reported Covid-19 cases and also a sixth of the world population. The country, however, has 10 per cent of the deaths worldwide from coronavirus. The case fatality rate is lower than 2 per cent, which is among the most favourable in the world. One paper looked at data available for over 100