COVID-19 pandemic: Contrast between SAARC countries and western world

COVID-19 pandemic: Contrast between SAARC countries and western world: Dr. Purvish Parikh

is the Group Oncology Director & Prof. of Medical Oncology at Shalby Hospitals, Ahmedabad

M3 India Newsdesk Apr 17, 2020

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Given the limited testing so far, it is too early to say whether India’s current trajectory will sustain, rise, or flatten in the coming days. In the meantime however, Dr. Purvish Parikh provides statistics that seem to indicate that SAARC countries are doing much better at flattening the curve than countries in the west.

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It is interesting that SAARC countries have a much flatter curve than the developed western world. The timely action of our governments should be lauded, and they serve as an important lesson for USA and western Europe.

World COVID-19 mapping

All the statistics in this figure refer to the global COVID-19 pandemic as on 11th/13th April 2020, when the total cases were 16,99,565.