HYDERABAD: Madhya Pradesh is most vulnerable to the long-term effects of Covid-19 pandemic, followed by Bihar and Telangana, says a study published in the medical journal ‘Lancet.’
The study, ‘A vulnerability index for the management of and response to the Covid-19 epidemic in India: An ecological study’, shows Sikkim at 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.
While focussing on the exodus of migrant workers from cities during the lockdown, the study says, “most of these people travelled to UP and Bihar, followed by MP, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, J&K and West Bengal. And, indeed, we observed that these are some of the most vulnerable states according to the vulnerability indices.”
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