India scores high on Covid-19 response tracker made by Oxford University

[Raj-Hindustani]

The tracker is based on indicators such as school closures, travel bans as well as measures such as emergency investment in healthcare, fiscal measure and investment in vaccines by the governments.

• • India Today Bureau
• New Delhi
• April 10, 2020
• UPDATED: April 10, 2020 21:07 IST

A firefighter spraying disinfectant in Delhi's Nizammudin area (File | PTI)

Atracker, based on data from 73 countries, that calculates governments' response to Covid-19 has identified India's response as one of the most stringent in the world. Created by researchers from Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford, the "Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker" is designed to systematically record government responses worldwide and aggregate the scores into a common 'Stringency Index'.

The tracker is based on indicators such as school closures, travel bans as well as measures such as emergency investment in healthcare, fiscal measure and investment in vaccines by the governments.

Some of the other countries to score a perfect 100 in the tracker are Israel, Mauritius, New Zealand and South Africa.

Czech Republic, Itay, Lebanon and France scored in the 90s in the index. Germany and the United States have scored below these countries in the 80s, while the United Kindom scored in 70s.

However, the index does not represent the effectiveness of these measures as countries such as China, South Korea and Singapore which have been successful in flattening the pandemic curve, do not feature among the top countries in the index.

The tracker collects publicly available information on 11 indicators, however, it does not look at the ground level implementation of these indicators.

A statement released by the team behind the tracker said, "The data is collected from publicly available information by a cross-disciplinary Oxford University team of academics and students from every part of the world."

Thomas Hale, Associate Professor at the Blavatnik School of Government, who leads this project, said, "Our index cannot, of course, tell the full story, but we believe the data we have collected can help decision-makers and public health professionals examine the robustness of government responses and provide the first step into understanding exactly what measures have been effective in certain contexts, and why." The tracker is designed to keep updating governments' response as the situation progresses.

https://m.economictimes.com/news/po...-take-on-coronavirus/articleshow/74487704.cms

 

[Haris Ali2140]

Wrong section

 

[Raj-Hindustani]

Wrong section

Ohh sorry... Can anyone help to move pls.

 

[Silverblaze]

many hindu fascist terrorists in this project and also finance head of this school is also hindu.

 

[Sc0lar_Vis@ri]

Suppose Pakistan was ranked high in this same report, then those hindu fascist terrorists would have become austere Oxford scholars?

 

[masterchief_mirza]

However, the index does not represent the effectiveness of these measures as countries such as China, South Korea and Singapore which have been successful in flattening the pandemic curve, do not feature among the top countries in the index.

The tracker collects publicly available information on 11 indicators, however, it does not look at the ground level implementation of these indicators.

So basically, obsessively hunting Muslim clusters is great for documentation of methodology but have such measures actually slowed the virus spreading in India?

Seems not.

Obsession over Muslim clusters has won Modi some precious hearts and minds but has minimal impact on viral trends. This is unsurprising since India's actual problems are the spread due to migrant workers (pictures just yesterday showed them swarming across another state border, disregarding govt instructions wholesale) and the downplaying of community transmission.

This data shows though that IF India obsessed over non-Muslim cases as much as it did over Muslim ones, India would be doing better overall.

 

[padamchen]

Let me repeat.

Fingers crossed, a prayer on my lips.

Still not out of the eye of the storm.

Global power equations are being established here and now.

Our Prime Minister and all Indians, CMs, IAS and IPS officers, Doctors, Nurses, Bankers, rood cleaners, bus drivers, vegetable vendors, grocers, farmers, milk men, news and cable networks, and common Indians are all standing tall and shoulder to shoulder through these testing times.

Showing the world the power and strength and resilience of India.

A global power is now accepted fact at the high table.

A Nobel is probably in line for Modi at the end of this.

 

[Joe Shearer]

So basically, obsessively hunting Muslim clusters is great for documentation of methodology but have such measures actually slowed the virus spreading in India?

Seems not.

Obsession over Muslim clusters has won Modi some precious hearts and minds but has minimal impact on viral trends. This is unsurprising since India's actual problems are the spread due to migrant workers (pictures just yesterday showed them swarming across another state border, disregarding govt instructions wholesale) and the downplaying of community transmission.

That glib piece of superficiality omits the metric that the sudden jump in cases has been traced directly to the irresponsible actions of one group, and the childish defiance of common sense by its leader.

Since you seem to be a keen observer of the situation, you might have noticed that there was absolutely no hunting Muslim clusters until that dreadful Delhi incident. You might also have noticed that the migrant workers could have caused serious trouble but haven't, and that community transmission has not begun yet, not in the proper sense, not apart from the (relatively) small group in Delhi.

This data shows though that IF India obsessed over non-Muslim cases as much as it did over Muslim ones, India would be doing better overall.

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

Well done.

 

[masterchief_mirza]

That glib piece of superficiality omits the metric that the sudden jump in cases has been traced directly to the irresponsible actions of one group, and the childish defiance of common sense by its leader.

Since you seem to be a keen observer of the situation, you might have noticed that there was absolutely no hunting Muslim clusters until that dreadful Delhi incident. You might also have noticed that the migrant workers could have caused serious trouble but haven't, and that community transmission has not begun yet, not in the proper sense, not apart from the (relatively) small group in Delhi.

Nice wordsmithery! I like it when you're around.

"Now a new study by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) using surveillance data from 41 labs in the country has hinted at community transmission: 52 districts in 20 states and union territories reported Covid-19 patients. Some 40% of the cases did not report any history of international travel or contact with a known case. (The survey was based on swabs collected from nearly 6,000 patients between 15 February and 19 March. Of them 104 tested positive for Covid-19)"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-52242806

Regarding the migrants, you need to pin them down and test them before you can appreciate any impact they're having epidemiologically. That will become known over the next week or two anyway if admissions rise.

Meanwhile, the economic impact of that particular debacle is immense. It would be, as the migrant workers form a population larger than any nation in Europe.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-52210888

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bu...lice-backlash-after-defying-covid-19-lockdown

https://www.theatlantic.com/interna...dia-coronavirus-covid19-narendra-modi/608896/

 

[Nefarious]

All these measures are put in place rather blindly, even here we put them in place given the models and they said virus had spread further then they would have liked and so lockdown was put in place a touch late.

So far the NHS is not overwhelmed although we are following similar trajectory as Italy/Spain in deaths.

Truth is we didn't test enough and same is situation for south asia who tested even less relative to population... so yes lockdown measures are in place but no idea where and how far the virus had spread due to extremely low testing.

Focus here was to implement right measures at the right time. We figured timing out here thankfully but south asian countries winged it. Lets see how it pays off as the lockdown done too early won't have the right effects and will bounce back once lifted and people will get restless.

 

[Joe Shearer]

Nice wordsmithery! I like it when you're around.

"Now a new study by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) using surveillance data from 41 labs in the country has hinted at community transmission: 52 districts in 20 states and union territories reported Covid-19 patients. Some 40% of the cases did not report any history of international travel or contact with a known case. (The survey was based on swabs collected from nearly 6,000 patients between 15 February and 19 March. Of them 104 tested positive for Covid-19)"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-52242806

As it is not my first language, I must plead insufficient knowledge as an excuse. One would have thought that the phrase "...has hinted at community transmission..." would have spoken for itself.

But then one reads on, and finds a clinical description of one single act of obstinacy and regressive minded defiance of common sense: "...Some 40% of the cases did not report any history of international travel or contact with a known case...." Except for those enlightened beings who can detect angels dancing on the head of a pin, the implications are clear: none of the congregation at the TJ ijtema had been tested, and did not then come under the category of 'known case'. With your clearly superior knowledge of the language, you must have looked around the corner and seen what to others was unseen.

Regarding the migrants, you need to pin them down and test them before you can appreciate any impact they're having epidemiologically. That will become known over the next week or two anyway if admissions rise.

<gasp!>

You mean it is not a given already, ipso facto (that's another language, btw)? Be careful, you might be paraded, your buttons cut off, your scimitar snapped and then drummed out of the Hon'ble Guild of the Initiated.

Meanwhile, the economic impact of that particular debacle is immense. It would be, as the migrant workers form a population larger than any nation in Europe.

True; we deserve to have our Prime Minister in intensive care, and we deserve to have the percentages and numbers of the Europeans, and it is a pity that we are lagging. The only reason that we are lagging must be that we have concealed the truth. Nothing else can fit the situation.

How our outlook illuminates our comprehension! But I keep forgetting: for you, seeing into the labyrinth of this language is no longer the struggle that it is for lowly South Asians.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-52210888

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bu...lice-backlash-after-defying-covid-19-lockdown

https://www.theatlantic.com/interna...dia-coronavirus-covid19-narendra-modi/608896/

 

[The BrOkEn HeArT]

Good.. We are on right track. We still can win even if we are united. Just find out "super spreaders " hides out.

 

[Joe Shearer]

I have to say that it is striking how much anguish our relatively low figures seems to cause among many good people. I have never come across anything like this.

 

[masterchief_mirza]

then one reads on, and finds a clinical description of one single act of obstinacy and regressive minded defiance of common sense: "...Some 40% of the cases did not report any history of international travel or contact with a known case...." Except for those enlightened beings who can detect angels dancing on the head of a pin, the implications are clear: none of the congregation at the TJ ijtema had been tested, and did not then come under the category of 'known case'. With your clearly superior knowledge of the language, you must have looked around the corner and seen what to others was unseen.

The only point I'm making is that community transmission existed before the TJ members were even tested.

This sample for this particular study was of tests up to 19th March. The testing and tracing of TJ Delhi markaz members didn't begin in earnest until 25th March.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...-largest-covid-19-cluster/article31313698.ece

Community transmission existed (40% of cases) without foreign travel or known contact with positive individuals WELL BEFORE the TJ markaz cluster were even tested.

Hindutva needs to calm down and look at the facts.