- 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.
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- 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.
Read moreRead more Read More - April 3, 2020Covid Crisis: If more than 1% Indians get infected, we will run out of hospital beds.
Financial Express– April 3, 2020. The latest modelling from the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy (CDDEP) estimates that nearly 48 lakh people will need hospitalisation across 30 states and Union Territories (excluding Madhya Pradesh) in a scenario where 5% of the country’s population is infected.
Read moreRead more Read More - March 31, 20201.3 billion people. A 21-day lockdown. Can India curb the coronavirus?
Science Magazine– March 31, 2020. “India is probably the first large developing country and democracy into which this pandemic will arrive,” says Ramanan Laxminarayan, founder and director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy. “Many of the advantages of the Chinese [state] control and of having the health systems of Europe or the U.S. are […]
Read moreRead more Read More - March 27, 2020What India Needs to Fight the Virus.
New York Times– March 27, 2020. By Ramanan Laxminarayan. “I have been working with a group of researchers at multiple institutions in India, Europe and the United States to develop a large-scale computer model of the Indian population over many years. As we looked at the situation in India and evidence from other countries, the consequences […]
Read moreRead more Read More - 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).
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