- April 28, 2021As Covid sweeps India, experts say cases and deaths are going unreported
CNN — April 28, 2021. “It’s widely known that both the case numbers and the mortality figures are undercounts, they always have been,” said Ramanan Laxminarayan, director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy in New Delhi.
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- April 28, 2021How did the Covid-19 outbreak in India get so bad?
The Washington Post — April 28, 2021. “There was a public narrative that India had conquered covid-19,” Ramanan Laxminarayan, an epidemiologist in Princeton University, told Nature.
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- April 28, 2021India Reaches 200,000 COVID-19 Deaths As Experts Fear Surge Is Underreported
WBUR — April 28, 2021. Host Robin Young speaks with Ramanan Laxminarayan, the director and founder of the Center of Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy, about his view of the surge from New Delhi.
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- April 21, 2021India’s massive COVID surge puzzles scientists
Nature — April 21, 2021. “The arrival of the vaccine put everyone into a relaxed mood,” says Laxminarayan.
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- April 21, 2021India’s second Covid wave hits like a ‘tsunami’ as hospitals buckle under weight
CNN — April 21, 2021. Ramanan Laxminarayan, director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy in New Delhi: “There’s no oxygen. A hospital bed is hard to find. It’s impossible to get a test. You have to wait over a week. And pretty much every system that could break down in the health […]
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- March 24, 2021India reports new coronavirus variant as daily deaths reach year’s high
Reuters — March 24, 2021. “Double mutant is not a scientific term. It is just another mutant which seems to be unique to India,” said Ramanan Laxminarayan, founder of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy in New Delhi.
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- March 23, 2021Has COVID peaked? Maybe, but it’s too soon to be sure
Nature — March 23, 2021. “Ramanan Laxminarayan, an epidemiologist at Princeton University but based in New Delhi, India, is optimistic that the pandemic peaked in January. More waves are possible, and they might even reach new regional highs. But in terms of new cases and deaths globally, “the worst is behind us”, he argues.”
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- March 10, 2021Can India Ensure Vaccine Equity Across The World? | India Development Debate
Times Now — India’s Vaccine outreach extends to 67 countries now with top quantities going to Bangladesh, Morocco, UK, Brazil, Myanmar, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Nepal Ethiopia, and DR Congo. Can we ensure equity of vaccine distribution across the world? Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan, Director of CDDEP participates in a debate with Tamanna Inamdar, Vishnu Prakash, Former Ambassador […]
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- March 10, 2021India Should Speed Up Vaccination Program, CDDEP Says
Bloomberg — Ramanan Laxminarayan, director of CDDEP elaborated on India’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout program. More than 25 million Covid vaccine doses have now been administered in India, according to data collected by Bloomberg News and Johns Hopkins University. Still, some experts say the pace is significantly shy of what is needed.
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