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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…
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…
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…
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…
When do you think the second wave is likely to peak? And when we see such a peak, what do you think will be the number of daily cases? Gautam…
The increase in daily cases has been very steep — from over 12,200 cases on March 1 to over 1,26,000 on April 7. The doubling time has reduced from 504…
The rate of increase in cases in India during March has been faster than at any other time during the pandemic, which is also reflected in the modelling studies by…
No spike in Kerala Contrary to claims made by the Health Ministry about a spike in Kerala, the daily fresh cases have in fact been slowly declining in the State…
