Chennai: A latest study has said Madhya Pradesh is most vulnerable to the long-term effects of Covid-19 pandemic, followed by Bihar and Telangana.
According to the study, “A vulnerability index for the management of and response to the Covid-19 epidemic in India: An ecological study’, published in the medical journal Lancet, Sikkim has scored score ‘0’ in the rankings, making it the least vulnerable State.”
Madhya Pradesh has scored ‘1’ on the overall vulnerability scale while Bihar’s vulnerability is calculated to be 0.971.
Meanwhile, in an analysis, Lancet has said the world’s population is likely to shrink after mid-century, forecasting major shifts in global population and economic power, according to a new study which predicts global, regional, and national populations for 195 countries, and their mortality, fertility, and migration rates
It used data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 to project future global, regional, and national population for countries, including India, China, Japan, Italy and the US.
The study said that the US is projected to have population growth until just after mid-century, 364 million in 2062, followed by a moderate decline to 336 million by 2100 — the world’s fourth most populous country.