- April 24, 2020Time will reveal the value of India’s lockdown.
Hindustan Times– April 24, 2020. By Ramanan Laxminarayan. Viruses spread rather unpredictably- and the scenario we were modeling was rather straightforward, yet terrifying- the spread of a new coronavirus through a completely susceptible population.
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- April 23, 2020By September, India could have 111 crore SARS-CoV-2 cases: CDDEP.
The Hindu Business Line– April 23, 2020. *A statement from CDDEP was issued regarding the following publication and the corrections have been initiated. The US-based Centre for Disease, Dynamics and Economic Policy (CDDEP), has in its report dated April 20 said India’s total SARS-COV-2 infections up to September could be as high as 111 crore, […]
Read moreRead more Read More - April 22, 2020Corona outbreak: Here is how herd immunity could work for poor countries.
The Print– April 22, 2020. “We’re dealing with a trade-off against starvation, hunger, all this other stuff,” said Ramanan Laxminarayan, the director of the CDDEP and a Princeton researcher. By allowing the coronavirus to spread in a controlled way, “undoubtedly there will be deaths, but it will be much smaller this way, and it opens us up for […]
Read moreRead more Read More - April 22, 2020Infect Everyone: How Herd Immunity Could Work for Poor Countries.
Bloomberg– April 22, 2020. A team of researchers at Princeton University and the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy, a public health advocacy group based in New Delhi and Washington, has identified India as a place where this strategy could be successful because its disproportionately young population would face less risk of hospitalization and death.
Read moreRead more Read More - April 21, 2020Why pooled PCR tests are our best bet | India Today Insight.
India Today– April 21, 2020. “Pooled testing and rapid testing are a quick way to detect prevalence of COVID in an area,” says Dr Jain. A study by Texas A&M University, the Washington-based Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) and Princeton last month stated the same.
Read moreRead more Read More - April 21, 2020A hard lockdown may reduce India’s coronavirus cases by 40%—only if social distancing continues.
Quartz India– April 21, 2020. Peak total coronavirus infections in India could be reduced by nearly 40% with hard lockdowns and continued social distancing measures, projects a research article, published on April 20, by the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP), a public health research organisation based in New Delhi and Washington DC.
Read moreRead more Read More - April 20, 2020India under lockdown: What costs and benefits?
France 24– April 20, 2020. François Picard speaks with Ramanan Laxminarayan, founder and director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, and health journalist Vidya Krishnan, author of the upcoming book “Phantom Plague: The Untold Story of How Tuberculosis Shaped our History”.
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- April 16, 2020ICMR wants two COVID-19 testing labs in each city.
Bangalore Mirror– April 16, 2020. Researchers at Texas A&M University, Centre for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP), and Princeton University have assessed the feasibility of pooled RT PCR testing to vastly increase testing for covid-19.
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