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alter the path of the epidemic. The study proposes to implement such a model after adding extra features that are pertinent to the Indian subcontinent. A third aspect of COVID-19 is predicting the aftermath of the pandemic.
These models have been applied to Indian state-level data to describe and predict domestic COVID-19 situation and these developed models will help to train other scientists for capacity building for future problems.
Contact info:
mbsm@uohyd.ernet.in
Modeling geographical spread of COVID-19 in India using network-
based approach
Most of the existing epidemiological models consider a closed environment. There is hardly any approach that considers network dynamics that happen between the geographic locations that are encountered by the model.
The project is aimed to predict the spread of COVID-19 in India under the assumption that migration happens between States. The objective is to model the spread of COVID-19 in the different States of India with inter-State migration allowed. As there are limited such attempts and they do not provide any concrete mathematical model, so the contribution will be novel.
It is observed that the proposed model is more intuitive than being mathematically effective. The preliminary theoretical study suggested pursuing a more robust model for understanding disease progression. This model suggests weighting the population variables.
Contact info:
malaybhattacharyya@isical.ac.in
A collaborative study by the labs of NCBS, DBT and CSIR on the entry of Coronavirus into cells and leveraging existing drugs to combat viral entry and infections
In the wake of COVID-19, there was a pivot in the focus of several labs. Collaborations were born to apply the hard-won skills, techniques and knowledge from various labs to study the viral infection process and potential therapeutics.
Year 2020 saw the start of a large inter- institutional effort between labs on the campus, and the Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM), fuelled by the desire to combine the expertise of diverse scientists towards alleviating the global challenges of the pandemic we continue to face. In this effort, a large team came together to identify entry mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 into cells and strategies to inhibit the infections by targeting those mechanisms.
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COVID-19 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EFFORTS IN INDIA