Resources Resources on Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Articles and Further Reading
Some books, articles, and other reading material expanding on various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vaccines
- Mythbusters on vaccines created by the Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS) (Available in 10 Indian languages and English)
- COVID-19 Vaccines in India: Frequently Asked Questions | Indian Scientists' Response to COVID-19 (ISRC)
Articles on IndiaBioscience
- Open Science responses during the COVID-19 pandemic | N Rajendra Prasad
- Why do we have so many different tests for COVID-19? | Somdatta Karak
- COVID-19 has exacerbated India’s hidden mental health pandemic | Subhra Sarkar
- Mental health and COVID-19: Better living amidst the pandemic | Raddur Samaddar
- Adversity quotient In the era of the ‘new normal’ | Akshatha N S & Divya Prasanna Kumar
- A computational tool that can rapidly identify and analyse coronavirus mutations | Susheela Srinivas
- How one Indian institute is contributing to the battle against COVID-19 | Suchibrata Borah
- How seven Indian labs coped with the immediate aftermath of a global health crisis | Anusheela Chatterjee
- Innovations to make India self-reliant in tackling COVID-19 | Vanshika Singh
- The history and science of mask-wearing | Madhuri Srinivasan
- Inside a lab growing coronavirus | Somdatta Karak
- Is the novel coronavirus evolving? | Shivani Sharma
- Being a scientist in the post-COVID world: In conversation with LS Shashidhara | Smita Jain & Shreya Ghosh
- Being a scientist in the post-COVID world: In conversation with Jyotsna Dhawan | Smita Jain & Shreya Ghosh
- The role of science and scientists in mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic (Part 1) | Kaushik Biswas
- The role of science and scientists in mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic (Part 2) | Kaushik Biswas
- Tackling a mental health crisis during a global pandemic | Debdutta Paul
- COVID-19 and Mental Health: “It is important to bring in a sense of cohesiveness” | Shreya Ghosh
- Digital literacy in the midst of an outbreak | Charu D Rawat
- Going the distance to slow the COVID-19 outbreak | Vijeta Raghuram
- A real-time molecular investigation of coronavirus entry into human cells | Susheela Srinivas
- COVID-19: Vaccine development and therapeutic strategies | Deepak Kumar Sinha
- COVID-19: Busting some Myths | Gautam Menon
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Frequently Asked Questions | Gautam Menon
- The public-private healthcare gap in the fight against COVID-19 | Joel P. Joseph & Leeba Ann Chacko
- How maths helps us battle the spread of infectious diseases | Susheela Srinivas
From around the Web
General
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public: Myth busters | WHO
- Q&A on coronaviruses (COVID-19) | WHO
- Pandemic, COVID-19 and all the coronavirus terms you need to know | AJ Willingham | CNN
- Explainer: Why the New Coronavirus Is So Dangerous | Deepak Natarajan | The Wire
- The coronavirus pandemic in five powerful charts | Ewen Callaway, David Cyranoski, Smriti Mallapaty, Emma Stoye & Jeff Tollefson | Nature
- Coronavirus myths and misinformation, debunked | Harmeet Kaur | CNN
- The Pandemic Notebook: A handy guide from The Hindu on understanding the coronavirus pandemic and staying protected against COVID-19 | The Hindu
- Translations for the above eBook are also available in multiple Indian languages (coordinated by Confluence (Indian Academy of Sciences). The original version can be found here.)
- Translations for the above eBook are also available in multiple Indian languages (coordinated by Confluence (Indian Academy of Sciences). The original version can be found here.)
Transmission and Social Distancing
- COVID-19: Dos and Don’ts While Attending Gatherings | Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar | The Wire
- Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to "flatten the curve" | Harry Stevens | The Washington Post
- Explained: What government advises for social distancing | The Indian Express
- How Long Will Coronavirus Live on Surfaces or in the Air Around You? | Apoorva Mandavilli | The New York Times
Vaccines, Testing, and Response
- What China’s coronavirus response can teach the rest of the world | David Cyranoski | Nature
- Coronavirus vaccines: five key questions as trials begin | Ewen Callaway| Nature
- Explained: As world battles coronavirus pandemic, a few takeaways emerge | The Indian Express
- Explained: How the coronavirus (COVID-19) test works | Prabha Raghavan | The Indian Express
Mental health at the time of a pandemic
- When a Pandemic Begins, a Mental Health Crisis Threatens to Follow | Farah Maneckshaw | The Wire
- How to keep coronavirus fears from affecting your mental health | AJ Willingham | CNN
Scientific Articles
Other Repositories and Collections of Resources