Johns Hopkins University has said it did not authorize the use of its logo on a report titled ‘Covid19 for India Updates’. The report’s 33-page summary, dated 24 March, gained wide publicity in India because of its alarming nature about the spread of the virus in the country.
The world-renowned university, in reply to a Twitter query about the origin of the report, said, “The use of our logo was not authorized in this case and JHU is engaging with CDDEP on it.
Thank you." CDDEP stands for US-based ‘The Center For Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy’ (CDDEP). It produced the study published on 24 March.
CDDEP, which has offices in Washington and Delhi, claims to be a public health research agency employing scientists, public health