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India Ranks 86 among 98 Countries in Lowy Institute’s Covid-19 Response Index

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India has been ranked at 86th position among 98 countries in the new Coronavirus Performance Index released by Australia-based Lowy Institute.
New Zealand, Vietnam and Taiwan are the top three countries respectively in the index.
Brazil was ranked at the bottom of the list for worst handling of the pandemic than any other country.
Countries were ranked based on the publicly available and comparable data on Covid-19 response. China was excluded from the list due to lack of publicly available data.
The Lowy Institute is an independent international policy think tank, located in Sydney.