Pandemic can end only when we eradicate the virus, say experts
MUMBAI : As covid-19 cases driven by the Omicron variant drop across the world and countries in the West and certain parts of Asia, including India, reach record vaccination numbers, is it time to conclude that the pandemic is reaching an endemic state?
In an interview held as part of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health-India Research Center’s Covid19 webinar series, Gagandeep Kang, vaccine expert and professor at CMC Vellore; William Hanage, assistant professor of epidemiology Harvard T.H.
Chan School of Public Health; and C.S. Pramesh, director, Tata Memorial Hospital, spoke on the way forward from the pandemic, lessons learnt, and implications for public health policy.
Edited excerpts: Denmark, one of the wealthiest countries in the world, earlier this month declared that it no longer considers covid-19 a socially critical disease.
United States
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Cases: 46 252 513
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India
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Cases: 34 321 025
Deaths: 459 652
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Brazil
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