- December 23, 2021COVID-19 deaths undercounted in Chennai: study
Hindustan Times — December 23, 2021. “The extent of under-reporting may be higher in places where there are challenges in access to testing which is important for attributing a death to COVID-19,” says Ramanan Laxminarayan of the CDDEP.
Read moreRead more Read More - December 19, 2021Most of the World’s Vaccines Likely Won’t Prevent Infection from Omicron
New York Times — December 19, 2021. “The combination of vaccination and exposure to the virus seems to be stronger than only having the vaccine. Without a doubt Omicron is going to flood through India. But hopefully India is protected to some extent because of vaccination and exposure.” CDDEP’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan.
Read moreRead more Read More - December 15, 2021Improving access to vaccines & investments in science required to tackle the pandemic: Dr VK Paul
Express Healthcare News — December 15, 2021. “Case fatality rates alone do not determine the damage a variant does, it is the sheer number of infections. The Delta variant killed fewer people per person infected than the virus in the first year, suggesting it was not as virulent.” Dr Ramanan Laxminarayan, Director, Center for Disease […]
Read moreRead more Read More - December 10, 2021Weekly links December 10: where ideas came from, does the gender of your co-workers matter, pay-for-performance in Nigerian health, and more…
World Bank Blogs — December 10, 2021. CDDEP’s Deepshika Batheja’s paper on gender peer effects in the workplace involving an RCT in Indian call centers was featured on the World Bank Development Impact Blog.
Read moreRead more Read More - December 8, 2021Clamour for booster shots grows, but experts say it’s too early for India
LiveMint — December 8, 2021. “All priorities come at a cost, and it will be deeply unfortunate if the focus on the booster shots comes at the cost of vaccinating more of India’s population that remains at risk.” Ramanan Laxminarayan, director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy.
Read moreRead more Read More - December 3, 2021Epidemiologist explains why Omicron less likely to be lethal in India
CNBC TV-18 — December 3, 2021. Ramanan Laxminarayan explains that thanks to relatively high vaccination rates and widespread exposure to COVID-19 across India, the new Omicron variant will likely not have as devastating of an impact as the Delta wave.
Read moreRead more Read More - December 2, 2021Covid: Omicron variant may be less lethal in India, says top epidemiologist
LiveMint — December 2, 2021. Given the widespread exposure of Indians to Covid-19 virus and a reasonably-high vaccination rate, India will likely be less affected by the new strain, Ramanan Laxminarayan, director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy said in an interview with Bloomberg Television on Thursday. That may change if omicron […]
Read moreRead more Read More - December 1, 2021India extends door-to-door vaccine campaign as omicron variant worries officials
PBS NewsHour — December 1, 2021. “During the second wave, at least in urban India, upwards of 90 percent of people had already been exposed to the virus. And close to 40 percent of India’s already fully vaccinated. That’s probably giving sense to some sense of complacency amongst the public.” Ramanan Laxminarayan, Princeton economist and […]
Read moreRead more Read More - December 1, 2021CDDEP’s Founder Ramanan Laxminarayan on Omicron Risk in India
Bloomberg Markets Asia — December 1, 2021. In an interview with Bloomberg, Ramanan Laxminarayan of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy discusses the impact that the Omicron variant may have on India.
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