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John Hopkins University disowns study on India's potential Covid-19 cases

The report said that if coronavirus is allowed to spread without interventions then between 30 and 40 crore Indians are likely to be infected by July

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The US-based John Hopkins University has disassociated itself with a previous study which landed into controversy for claiming that as many as 12.5 crore to 24 crore people are likely to be infected by the novel coronavirus in India.
"John Hopkins University has now disassociated itself from a study which had predicted a high number of casualties in India due to #COVID2019india and has also said that use of its logo on the report was not authorized," Press Information Bureau, Government of India's nodal agency for communicating with the media, said on Twitter.
The study titled 'COVID-19 for India Updates', which went

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