Murad Banaji

FILE PHOTO: A woman mourns after her father died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outside a mortuary of a COVID-19 hospital in New Delhi

COVID-19 Is Surging In India – but Will There Be Fewer Deaths This Time?

Murad Banaji 16/04/2021

There is unfortunately no convincing reason to believe the...

Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai

Has a More Deadly Novel Coronavirus Variant Increased Fatalities in Punjab?

Murad Banaji 27/03/2021

Punjab's epidemic serves as a warning that we should...

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How the Economic Survey Used Dubious Analysis to Spin India’s COVID Response

Murad Banaji 08/03/2021

The Economic Survey does no justice to efforts that...

Covid vaccination drive at Hindu Rao Hospital

India’s Dwindling COVID-19 Cases – Sign of Effective Control or Increasing Immunity?

Murad Banaji 20/02/2021

All the data taken together strongly suggests that the...

A man walks past a graffiti of people wearing protective masks amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on a street in Navi Mumbai

COVID-19: What the Third National Sero-Survey Result Does and Doesn’t Tell Us

Murad Banaji 05/02/2021

At face value, between the second and third surveys,...

FILE PHOTO: An employee in personal protective equipment (PPE) removes vials of AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, from a visual inspection machine inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, Pune

COVID-19 in India: Where Is It at and What Does the Future Have in Store?

Murad Banaji 06/12/2020

The national COVID-19 story is the sum of varied...

Wider Image: Last doctor standing: Pandemic pushes Indian hospital to brink

Does Bihar’s COVID-19 Data Seem Too Good To Be True?

Murad Banaji 02/11/2020

There is reason to believe Bihar's COVID-19 fatality data...