Gupta, Ashish  Das, Prashant and  Kim, Dongshin  <br/><br/>
The need for localized, socio-economic policy measures for controlling a pandemic: An empirical study of Covid-19 in India 

 - Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers   
 - 49(3), Jul-Sep, 2024: p.213-229 
<br/><br/> We examine the localized nature of COVID-19 pandemic spread in India. Through Gamma curve-fitting we observe that the infection patterns exhibit substantial variation across locations. Areas with larger male population and higher economic activity witness more cases. Economically-deprived districts experience higher mortality after controlling for the infections. Mobility in spatially contiguous locations is a significant determinant of new infections. Our study emphasizes the role of socioeconomic factors in explaining the variation across districts. The findings support the need for locally-specific policy, better medical infrastructure in socio-economically vulnerable localities and social-distancing measures in controlling the spread.- Reproduced <br/><br/><br/>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/02560909241260234<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>o-economic, Localized policy measures, Controlling pandemic, Spatial autoregressive regression, Covid-19.