The national lockdown will be extended by a further two weeks after May 4 .

Guest : Suhasini Haidar , National Editor, The Hindu ; Jacob Koshy , Deputy Science Editor, The Hindu .

Guest : Suhasini Haidar , National Editor, The Hindu .

Guest : Richard McGregor , Senior Fellow at the Lowy Institute, author of The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers , and former foreign correspondent in China for The Australian and Financial Times .

Guest: Kaushik Sarkar , India technical lead, Malaria No More India; Suhasini Haidar , National Affairs Editor, The Hindu ; Jacob Koshy , Deputy Science Editor, The Hindu .

Guest : Srinivasan Ramani , Deputy National Editor, The Hindu.

Guest : K.R. Shyam Sundar , labour economist, professor at XLRI, Jamshedpur.

Guests : Sharad Vyas , Deputy Editor, Mumbai; Jacob Koshy , Deputy Science Editor

Guest : Carina King, Infectious Diseases Epidemiologist with the Department of Global Public Health, at Karolinska Institute, Solna, Sweden.

Guests : Suhasini Haidar , National Editor, The Hindui ; Jacob Koshy , Deputy Science Editor, The Hindu

<p>As we recorded this episode, the suspense of the Prime Minister's 10 a.m. address on April 14 loomed over us, because we were largely unsure still of the specifics of any kind of announcement regarding an extension of the national lockdown.</p> <p>In this episode, we bring to you update about a new pilot project in Mumbai’s Dharavi area where hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) will be administered at a community level as a prophylaxis or preventive. We also get an update on the HCQ export situation (as questions continue to be asked about availability) and we get the latest from the Health Ministry briefings and questions now about the shortage of COVID-19 testing kits.</p> <p>(<em>Recorded late on April 13, 2020</em>)</p> <p><em>Guests</em>: <strong>Jyoti Shelar</strong>, Health Reporter, <em>The Hindu</em>; <strong>Suhasini Haidar</strong>, National Editor, The Hindu; <strong>Jacob Koshy</strong>, Deputy Science Editor, <em>The Hindu</em></p>