The COVID-19 Crisis in India
India Institute
•
1h 28m
In the past weeks, India’s COVID-19 crisis has taken a dramatic turn. India has reported more than 17.6 million cases since the beginning of the pandemic and more than 350,000 new cases early this week. Deaths are on the rise and, experts fear that the numbers might underrepresent the real numbers due to underreporting. During this hour, our panel will help us make sense of the current situation in India and uncover the actions that we can take to slow the spread and expedite services to India right now. Visit jhu.edu/hopkinsathome to learn more.
Up Next in India Institute
-
The Impact of Indian-Americans on U.S...
Co-Hosted by the Johns Hopkins India Institute and SNF Agora Institute
Indian-Americans, though representing just over 1% of the U.S. population, play a critical and growing role in the U.S. democratic process, in the spotlight now more than ever that Kamala Harris has become the country’s first...
-
India’s National Digital Health Missi...
Co-Hosted by the Johns Hopkins India Institute
For decades, global health systems have been transitioning from paper to electronic health records to improve patient data accessibility, particularly to facilitate epidemiological study and preventive care. At the same time, they have wrestled with...
-
Super-spreading Events: Lessons from ...
As global COVID-19 caseloads accelerate and winter approaches in the Northern Hemisphere, a study in India may have delivered some key insights into the disease’s transmission. The study, co-authored by Hopkins scientist Brian Wahl, leveraged India’s extensive contact tracing to conduct the world...
