Covid crisis underlines false urban-rural binary, Kolkata residents face week’s wait or more for test, and how safe and efficacious are the drugs prescribed to Indians for Covid-19 — a roundup of articles in Indian news publications on how India is dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Managing Covid-19
Covid symptoms, prescription not enough, Kolkata residents face week’s wait or more for test: A 46-year-old diabetes patient from north Kolkata was prescribed a Covid-19 test on 17 July after he started experiencing severe symptoms. The next few days saw him shuttle from one ICMR-certified laboratory to the next — he altogether