A much awaited webinar for our community on Covid-19 vaccines. Separating facts from misconceptions. And understanding the role of public health communication.

Everyone is talking about Covid-19 vaccines. There is a lot of buzz and the information changes everyday. Everyone wants to know more. There are also a lot of misconceptions.

We are very pleased to have Prof. K. Srinath Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) join us to answer questions and talk about vaccination will mean for people in India

Bangalore based journalist, L Subramani, who lost his vision to retinitis pigmentosa as a teenager, writes how he survived the horrors of being alone in a covid-19 isolation ward and facing death of fellow warrior.

Room 209 had a single bed and a side bench. It faced up to a busy road where you could hear the constant rumbling of traffic and the wailing ambulance, far too often for my comfort.

Sign and symptoms of COVID-19

We are still learning about the virus and symptoms seem to vary from person to person. Many people experience no symptoms at all; they are termed as asymptomatic carriers. Many others experience some symptoms but again severity varies from person to person. Common symptoms include:

COVID-19 is an infectious disease causes by a virus called Sars Cov-2. SARS-CoV-2 is a member of the Betacoronavirus genus, one of the genera of the Coronaviridae family of viruse from the Coronavirus family. This a zoonotic virus meaning it is transmitted from animals to humans; transmission now is mainly inter-human.