Speakers at health conference object to WHO report on Covid deaths in India

Speakers at health conference object to WHO report on Covid deaths in India

The ongoing 14th conference of the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare (CCHFW) strongly objected to a WHO report estimating 4.7 million (47 lakh) Covid-related fatalities in India as baseless and devoid of facts, sources said. In its report released on Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that nearly 15 million people were … Read more

Covid-19 death or not? Ahead of third wave, Centre issues new guidelines for issuing ‘official document’ for Covid deaths

Covid-19 death or not? Ahead of third wave, Centre issues new guidelines for issuing ‘official document’ for Covid deaths

Photo: Reuters The Union Health Ministry and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have together come up with the guidelines that will issue “official documents’ ‘ in case of COVID related deaths. The guidelines, as submitted by the Centre to the Supreme Court in case of seeking compensation for COVID deaths, noted that cases that … Read more