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17 Apr

40 Lakh Indians Died During Pandemic, Says Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday claimed that 40 lakh Indians died due to Covid-19. He targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a report by The New York Times.

The report titled ‘India Is Stalling the WHO’s Efforts to Make Global Covid Death Toll Public’ claims that the Indian government was stalling the efforts by the World Health Organization (WHO) to publish its estimate on excess Covid deaths.

He further said that PM Modi should give compensation of Rs 4 lakhs to every victim’s family not only 5 lakh.

“Modi ji neither speaks the truth nor lets him speak. They still lie that no one died due to oxygen shortage! I had said earlier also – due to the negligence of the government in Kovid, not 5 lakh, 40 lakh Indians died. Play the duty, Modi ji – Give compensation of ₹ 4 lakhs to every victim’s family,” tweeted Rahul Gandhi.

Meanwhile, Union Health Ministry on Saturday gave a statement regarding ‘The New York Times’ article and said India has been in regular and in-depth technical exchange with WHO on the issue. India’s basic objection has not been with the result (whatever they might have been) but rather the methodology adopted for the same.

 

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20 Mar

‘Pandemic Not Over’: WHO Warns Against ‘Huge Amount of Misinformation’ Around COVID-19

The World Health Organization on Saturday expressed concern about the spread of misinformation about the pandemic. They said that the misinformation about the pandemic is creating confusion among people. The concern comes as in the last week there was an 8% increase in cases.

WHO’s COVID-19 Technical Lead Maria Van Kerkhove said that there are misinformations that the pandemic is over or that Omicron is the last variant of Covid-19 that we will have to deal with.

“We have huge amounts of misinformation that’s out there. The misinformation that Omicron is mild. Misinformation that the pandemic is over. Misinformation that this is the last variant that we will have to deal with. This is really causing a lot of confusion,” said Ms. Kerkhove.

Talking about Omicron she said that COVID-19 vaccines remain incredibly effective at preventing severe disease and death, including against Omicron.

She further said that with a huge number of Covid cases there will be an increase in hospitalizations and that will result in increased deaths, primarily in people not vaccinated.

“We do not see changes in severity of BA.2 compared to BA.1 at population levels. However, with huge numbers of cases, you will see an increase in hospitalizations & that in turn has translated into increased deaths… primarily in people not vaxxed or partially vaxxed,” she said.

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