Shambhavi Naik qouted in The Wire on what India should have learnt from the pandemic years

Shambhavi Naik, Head of Research at Takshashila Institution was qouted in The Wire, “What India should have learnt from the Pandemic Years”. She was quoted as saying

“IDSP uses laboratory-based surveillance to track emerging outbreaks. However, two kinds of new technologies need to be embraced: novel molecular diagnostic methods that allow laboratories to track diseases faster and more accurately; and digital technologies that can scan publicly available information to identify potential hotspots of outbreaks. All of this and putting in place appropriately trained personnel in the government departments will cost money.”

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