Rukmini on What Data Tells Us About India’s COVID-19 Fight

Since the onset of the novel Coronavirus, award-winning data journalist Rukmini has investigated the virus’ spread in India like very few people have. 

 

Twice a week since March, she’s been recording her thoughts on the pandemic in a short “mini-podcast” called The Moving Curve. 

 

In 100 bite-sized episodes, Rukmini has helped educate Indians--and their political leaders--about this unprecedented public health crisis straight from her home studio.

 

This week, Rukmini joins Milan to talk about the state of COVID-19 in India, the country’s surprisingly low fatality rate, and what large-scale seroprevalence studies tell us about where the virus is heading. Plus, Rukmini evaluates the impact of India’s lockdown and how the media has reported on the pandemic.

 

Episode Notes:

1. The Moving Curve Episode 98: “Pandemic Research, Made in India”
2. Rukmini, “Covid-19 spread in some unique ways in India, new contact tracing data shows”
3. Rukmini, “Why India has emerged as pandemic epicentre, despite early lockdown”
4. Partha Mukhopadhyay, “Is India’s Covid-19 death rate higher than Italy’s?”
5. IDFC Institute, “Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in slums and non-slums of Mumbai, India, during June 29-July 19, 2020”