- April 7, 2020‘Tip of the iceberg’: Racing the clock to contain coronavirus in the world’s slums.
Thomson Reuters Foundation News– April 7, 2020. Poor living conditions, malnutrition and weakened immune systems make slum dwellers prone to contracting more severe forms of the virus, said diseases expert Ramanan Laxminarayan. “They are also less likely to be able to access treatment,” said Laxminarayan, director of the Washington D.C.-based Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics […]
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- April 6, 2020Coronavirus pandemic: ‘Pool testing’ for COVID-19 may benefit India as US study proves test feasibility, efficacy.
Money Control– April 6, 2020. At a time when countries like India are struggling to scale up testing, researchers at Texas A&M University, Centre for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy (CDDEP) and Princeton University have assessed the feasibility of pooled real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing to vastly increase testing for COVID-19.
Read moreRead more Read More - April 6, 2020Rapid antibody testing for hotspots first, says ICMR.
The Hindu– April 6, 2020. “Here, we found that the use of a pooled testing strategy could reduce the time, cost, and resources required whilst identifying infected people in a population and estimating the infection rate. This would allow us to identify community clusters for targeted public health interventions,” said Ramanan Laxminarayan, study author and CDDEP […]
Read moreRead more Read More - April 6, 2020To curb further Covid 19 spread, move to pooled tests.
Financial Express– April 6, 2020. By Ramanan Laxminarayan and Nachiket Mor. As Covid 19 spreads more broadly into the community, it is time for India’s strategy to move from one of individual testing, containment, and isolation, to a community approach.
Read moreRead more Read More - April 6, 2020India not out of woods; needs to exponentially ramp up tests: Experts on COVID-19 pandemic.
The Economic Times;Live Mint; Financial Express; Business Insider; Outlook India; Business Standard;News 18; The Times of India;Eastern Mirror; Kashmir Images; Tribune India; Yahoo News; Devdiscourse; Metrovaartha; Rediff.com; One India; Overseas Updates; Trend Times; News 8 Plus– April 6, 2020. Experts said India is still not out of the woods and large-scale testing alone can make the overall picture clear. “There is a need to scale up testing exponentially if we […]
Read moreRead more Read More - April 5, 2020Coronavirus: Faced with an unprecedented challenge, how is India faring?
The Economic Times– April 5, 2020. “The lockdown was timely. Any delay could have resulted in a spike of cases. Without doubt, the lockdown has been costly in terms of increasing hunger and rural distress but the benefits are significant in terms of a smaller projected epidemic peak,” says Ramanan Laxminarayan.
Read moreRead more Read More - April 5, 2020Pooled COVID-19 tests could help scale up testing and identify & contain disease hotspots
Researchers at Texas A&M University, CDDEP, and Princeton assessed the feasibility of pooled RT-PCR testing to vastly increase testing for Covid-19.
Read moreRead more Read More - April 4, 2020India fights COVID-19.
India Today– April 4, 2020. Dr Geetanjali Kapoor, a research fellow at CDDEP suggests we need to ramp up and be sure we have enough facilities to accommodate hospitalization if required.
Read moreRead more Read More - April 3, 2020Coronavirus in India: More Cases Likely Out There, Says Expert.
The Quint Fit– April 3, 2020. FIT spoke to Professor Ramanan Laxminarayan, Director of Centre for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy (CDDEP) who explained to us how it is very likely that the number of cases in India are actually more than the ones reported so far.
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