- March 23, 2020Coronavirus: India’s worst case scenario is two in ten people infected but most cases would be mild.
South China Morning Post– March 23, 2020. US-based expert Ramanan Laxminarayan originally said his model showed six in 10 of the population or 800 million people could get the Covid-19 illness but revised his projections in light of new measures being taken.
Read moreRead more Read More - March 23, 2020What India needs to do to deal with COVID-19: CDDEP Director Ramanan Laxminarayan gives us a fast round-up.
Edex Live– March 23, 2020. Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton Environmental Institute, Ramanan Laxminarayan’s research deals with integration of economics and epidemiology to address global health problems.
Read moreRead more Read More - March 21, 2020“If PM believed the official data he wouldn’t have drawn a World War analogy”- Ramanan Laxminarayan.
MOJO Story– March 21, 2020. This is the full interview with Ramanan Laxminarayan, a lecturer at Princeton University, on the COVID crisis in India. His research projection is that India should ready itself for 300-500 million cases by July end without drastic interventions and possibly between 1 and 2 million fatalities.
Read moreRead more Read More - March 21, 2020Coronavirus: How many cases will India see? Here’s one expert’s best-case prediction.
India Today– March 21, 2020. Applying mathematical models used in the US or UK to India points to a possible 300 million (30 crore) cases, according to Ramanan Laxminarayan, director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy (CDDEP).
Read moreRead more Read More - March 20, 2020‘A Battle To Save The Elderly’: Ramanan Laxminarayan.
NDTV– March 20, 2020. Dr Ramanan Laxminarayan, director of Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy, spoke to NDTV and warned that India could face a larger number of cases of COVID-19 or the Novel Coronavirus.
Read moreRead more Read More - March 19, 2020‘India must prepare for a tsunami of coronavirus cases.’
BBC News– March 19, 2020. Dr Ramanan Laxminarayan, director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy has warned that India could soon be dealing with a “tsunami” of coronavirus cases.
Read moreRead more Read More - March 19, 2020Time for a powerful display of humanity
The Hindu – “It is a time to see how we show the best of our human values while facing a crisis of a proportion none of us has ever witnessed in our lifetime”. Dr. Laxminarayan, Founder of OxygenForIndia and CDDEP
Read moreRead more Read More - March 18, 2020India Could Be Next Coronavirus Hotspot, in Worst Case up to 60% Could Be Infected’ | Karan Thapar
The Wire– March 18, 2020. In an exclusive 50-minute interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire, Dr Ramanan Laxminarayan, director of the Washington-based Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy and lecturer at Princeton University, said that he found it hard to believe the Health Ministry’s official figure.
Read moreRead more Read More - March 13, 2020Mass tests vital to map coronavirus spread after first death in India
LiveMint — March 13, 2020. “We know it’s a highly infectious pathogen. We know it’s in India. We know that people can be asymptomatic for a while,” Ramanan Laxminarayan, director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, said. “We should probably start planning to convert a few stadiums in the cities to prepare […]
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