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…
Category: RT-PCR
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…
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…
How can India contain the second wave?
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…
India will add four million more cases by May 1, says Giridhara Babu
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…
What is driving the second wave in India?
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…
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