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…
Category: RT-PCR
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…
Are the variants causing a spike in cases in India?
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…
Cannot emphatically say India has passed the COVID-19 peak
In a conversation, Dr. Gautam Menon, Professor of Physics and Biology at Ashoka University and co-author of COVID-19 modelling studies, and Dr. Giridhara R. Babu, Professor of Epidemiology at the…
Coronavirus: Two rapid tests developed by Indian labs show why funding for R&D should increase
While the low sensitivity of rapid antigen tests arises from not isolating the viral RNA from the swab samples and amplification of the DNA before detection, the two indigenously developed tests follow these two vital steps, the reason why the sensitivity and specificity are far superior than that of the rapid antigen tests.
