Bhramar Mukherjee, professor and chair of biostatistics at the University of Michigan, is leading a team of researchers that is using epidemiological modelling to do a situational assessment of the coronavirus crisis in India. In a conversation with Ruchika Chitravanshi, the biostatistician says the peak of virus may hit India by mid-May and a 42- to 56-day lockdown can help in flattening the curve.
We crossed 14,000 positive cases and several health workers are also infected. India has maintained we are not in the community transmission stage. What is your assessment?
Even if there was community transmission, you have already