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15 Jul, 2020

COVID-19 trends in Ecuador

By Anusha Mogalipuri Suravi Lodh Private: Swati Kandpal|2020-07-25T11:34:48+05:30July 15th, 2020|Categories: Descriptive Epidemiology|Tags: |

Ecuador is a part of western South America (Figure1). The country bordered by the Pacific Ocean in West, by Colombia in north and by Peru in south. [1] The population of Ecuador is 1374000 until 2019. The male female ratio is 100.1 male per 100 female. The Health expenditure of Ecuador [...]

13 Jul, 2020

Covid-19 Testing data in India: Challenges and Opportunities

By Arulprakash Sivanandan Private: Kamalpreet Kaur Vishakh Saraf|2020-08-07T22:56:33+05:30July 13th, 2020|Categories: Descriptive Epidemiology|Tags: |

Importance of COVID-19 testing data Tests allow us to identify infected individuals, guiding the medical treatment that they receive. It enables the isolation of those infected and the tracing and quarantining of their contacts. It can help allocate medical resources and staff more efficiently. Informs our understanding of the pandemic [...]

27 May, 2020

COVID-19 infections among South American Countries

By Dhruvi Bagaria Private: Mahima Kaur Ruchi Thakur|2020-08-07T21:38:55+05:30May 27th, 2020|Categories: Descriptive Epidemiology|Tags: |

South American countries has recently seen a surge of the coronavirus cases with epidemic curve maintaining an upward trend. Some South American countries are struggling to contain the outbreak, with Brazil, and Peru being worst hit. The World Health Organization (WHO) on May 22 2020 declared that the epicentre of [...]

25 May, 2020

COVID-19 Infections in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries

By Purva Jaiswal Ritika Kaur Srishti Arora Vishwa Bhayani|2020-09-11T11:20:12+05:30May 25th, 2020|Categories: Descriptive Epidemiology|Tags: |

While severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV 2) is rapidly spreading in all nations, COVID-19 is the second coronavirus outbreak in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations following the middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreak reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012 (1). The World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 disease [...]