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They outnumber medical doctors; could they be trained to deliver effective care, asks Priyanka Pulla

[...]she cautioned that it wouldn’t contain covid-19, but would buy some time, during which India needed to make a greater effort to detect cases and isolate patients. Since India reported its first covid-19 positive patient on 31 January, the government has gradually been widening measures to prevent international passengers from importing the virus into the country. According to an analysis published on 22 March by the COV-IND-19 Study Group, a team of epidemiologists based in the US, India could see between around 100 000 and 1.3 million confirmed cases of covid-19 by the middle of May if the virus continues to spread at its current rate. [...]only a few Indian states including Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab have announced financial assistance to daily wage workers. 1 Mandal S Bhatnagar T Arinaminpathy N. Prudent public health intervention strategies to control the coronavirus disease 2019 transmission in India: A mathematical model-based approach.

One of the many difficulties of the pandemic is accurately recording covid-19 deaths. As countries all over the world struggle for consistency, Priyanka Pulla reports on confusion in India

Jayaprakash Muliyil says coronavirus infections are rising rapidly in the country, and the surprisingly low death rate could be misleading. Jayaprakash Muliyil says coronavirus infections are rising rapidly in the country, and the surprisingly low death rate could be misleading.

Adverse events are among the most heavily scrutinised parts of the covid-19 vaccine process. But India’s system was woefully unprepared for this, leaving families confused, sowing vaccine hesitancy in communities, while robbing the system of valuable data, reports Priyanka Pulla

The science of covid-19 treatments is fast moving. However, India’s health ministry is failing to keep pace, leaving a confusing and harmful vacuum, writes Priyanka Pulla

Funding for translational research is boosted under joint initiatives to develop indigenous vaccines. Funding for translational research is boosted under joint initiatives to develop indigenous vaccines.

A giant data store quietly being built in India could free vast swathes of science for computer analysis — but is it legal? A giant data store quietly being built in India could free vast swathes of science for computer analysis —but is it legal? Carl Malamud poses for a portrait in from of data servers at Jawaharlal Nehru University

India says its ‘no first use’ nuclear policy could change. Nature examines what that means for the country's fraught relationship with Pakistan. India says its ‘no first use’ nuclear policy could change. Nature examines what that means for the country's fraught relationship with Pakistan. Left: Rajnath Singh, Right: Imran Khan Credit: Hindustan Times/Getty, Aamir Qureshi/Getty

Pakistan calls the move 'explosive Nuclear tensions are escalating between India and Pakistan following the Indian defence minister's announcement last month that India might revoke its current commitment to use nuclear weapons only in retaliation for a nuclear attack, known as 'no first use. Over the past two decades, Pakistan has amassed 150-160 nuclear missiles to India's 130-140, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. [...]both countries have advanced research and development in nuclear weapons and in ballistics. According to Feroz Hassan Khan, who worked on Pakistan's nuclear-weapons planning team in the early 2000s, such a state of readiness for a strike heightens the risk of a nuclear accident, but is not in itself a sign that war will happen.