COVID-19 tales: ‘QR codes were used to access new chapters’

Updated On: 21 March, 2021 10:28 AM IST | Mumbai | Cynera Rodricks

There were many notable predictions mentioned in this book, out of which over 40 stood true. Today, the book is being translated into 24 languages across the world. I have also written another book, The Vaccine Book, which is also the first of its kind in the world.

Dr Rajesh Parikh wrote the book along with his son Dr Swapneil Parikh, a physician, and Maherra Desai, a clinical psychologist and medical researcher. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

Authored india’s first COVID-19 book

Dr Rajesh Parikh, 66, Mumbai
Director of Medical Research and Honorary Neuropsychiatrist at the Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre

Back in December 2019, when the term Coronavirus was just a distant thought to India, I had already cautioned my hospital staff and started laying down strict protocols, to make the hospital COVID-19 ready. As part of the profession, it is my duty to be up-to-date about what’s happening in the medical field. Initially, I just kept reading articles and reports about the virus affecting people in China, but as reports came from other countries as well, I tracked it as a global medical development. I realised instantly that this virus was a potential threat to the world at large and inevitable.

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