India should prepare for the worst with Omicron
The World Health Organization said the number of COVID-19 cases recorded globally shot up by 11% last week (December 20-26) compared with the previous week, while the number of new…
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Is the current testing, sequencing strategy missing Omicron cases in India?
A November 30, 2021 circular from the health ministry clearly mentions that effective December 1, all passengers arriving from specified “at-risk” countries will be required to undergo an RTR-PCR test…
Why countries have abandoned the ‘Zero Covid’ strategy
In an email, epidemiologist Dr. Giridhara Babu from Bengaluru’s Public Health Foundation of India explains why the Zero COVID strategy is impractical and difficult to sustain and tells what could…
Waving testing requirement for the fully vaccinated is an ill-considered decision: Giridhara Babu
In an email, Dr. Giridhara Babu, Epidemiologist at the Public Health Foundation of India, Bengaluru explains why doing away with RT-PCR testing is not correct and how it could endanger…
Can some States serve as a bellwether for the third wave in India?
Considering that Kerala and Maharashtra have shown high integrity in testing and reporting cases, should a sustained spike in daily cases in these two States serve as a bellwether of…
Do excess deaths in four States suggest COVID-19 mortality has crossed one million in India?
Against a daily tally of over 4,000 deaths in May this year, The Economist estimated between 6,000 and 31,000 excess deaths per day. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation…
Can vaccination of all adults slow down the second wave?
While Maharashtra is still reporting the most cases daily, there has been a slip dip in the last few days. It is a bit early to say if the second…
India will have 8-10 lakh cases a day when second wave peaks in mid-May, says Bhramar Mukherjee
Since April 1, the number of daily cases has been accelerating at a rapid speed. Can it be any reason other than more infectious variants? We have to be cautious…
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