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"Fallacious": Centre On Media Reports On "Undercounting" Of Covid Deaths
The Union health ministry on Thursday dismissed media reports based on a published research paper alleging that India's COVID-19 mortality count is much higher than the official figure, which is "fallacious and completely inaccurate".
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Media Reports Claiming Under-Reporting Of Covid Deaths Ill-Informed, Misleading: Centre
The Health Ministry has refuted media reports alleging a "significant undercount" of COVID-19 deaths in the first two waves in India, saying these are fallacious, ill-informed and mischievous in nature.
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India's New COVID-19 Rules: Why They're Needed, What's At Risk
India has eased its COVID-19 rules on testing, quarantine and hospital admissions in a bid to free up resources for its neediest people, a strategy hailed by experts even though it carries the risk of a heavy undercount of infections and deaths.
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"Fallacious": Government On Report Of "Vastly Undercounted" Covid Deaths
Refuting media reports that alleged India's COVID-19 death count was "vastly undercounted", the government on Thursday said the reports assume that all excess mortality figures are Covid deaths, which is not based on facts and totally fallacious.
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"Conjectures With No Basis": Centre Dismisses Reports On "Undercounted" Covid Deaths
The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday dismissed as "conjectures" and "speculation" some media reports that claimed higher COVID-19 fatality figures based on data from the National Health Mission's Health Management Information System (HMIS).
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Bihar Saw Nearly 75,000 Unaccounted Deaths Amid 2nd Covid Wave, Data Shows
Bihar's Civil Registration System showing a difference of about 82,500 between the number of deaths in January-May 2021 and the same period last year. Yet, the official Covid-related death number during this time is only a little over 7,700.
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Data Points At Possible Undercounting Of Covid Deaths In Madhya Pradesh
Indicating a massive undercounting in COVID-19 deaths in Madhya Pradesh, the number of reported deaths in the state during the second wave was over three times more than the average number of deaths reported during these months in pre-Covid times.
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"No Basis At All": Centre Trashes New York Times Report On Covid Deaths
The government on Thursday trashed as "baseless" a New York Times report that said India's Covid deaths were severely undercounted and underreported.
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"Fallacious": Centre On Media Reports On "Undercounting" Of Covid Deaths
The Union health ministry on Thursday dismissed media reports based on a published research paper alleging that India's COVID-19 mortality count is much higher than the official figure, which is "fallacious and completely inaccurate".
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Media Reports Claiming Under-Reporting Of Covid Deaths Ill-Informed, Misleading: Centre
The Health Ministry has refuted media reports alleging a "significant undercount" of COVID-19 deaths in the first two waves in India, saying these are fallacious, ill-informed and mischievous in nature.
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India's New COVID-19 Rules: Why They're Needed, What's At Risk
India has eased its COVID-19 rules on testing, quarantine and hospital admissions in a bid to free up resources for its neediest people, a strategy hailed by experts even though it carries the risk of a heavy undercount of infections and deaths.
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"Fallacious": Government On Report Of "Vastly Undercounted" Covid Deaths
Refuting media reports that alleged India's COVID-19 death count was "vastly undercounted", the government on Thursday said the reports assume that all excess mortality figures are Covid deaths, which is not based on facts and totally fallacious.
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"Conjectures With No Basis": Centre Dismisses Reports On "Undercounted" Covid Deaths
The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday dismissed as "conjectures" and "speculation" some media reports that claimed higher COVID-19 fatality figures based on data from the National Health Mission's Health Management Information System (HMIS).
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Bihar Saw Nearly 75,000 Unaccounted Deaths Amid 2nd Covid Wave, Data Shows
Bihar's Civil Registration System showing a difference of about 82,500 between the number of deaths in January-May 2021 and the same period last year. Yet, the official Covid-related death number during this time is only a little over 7,700.
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Data Points At Possible Undercounting Of Covid Deaths In Madhya Pradesh
Indicating a massive undercounting in COVID-19 deaths in Madhya Pradesh, the number of reported deaths in the state during the second wave was over three times more than the average number of deaths reported during these months in pre-Covid times.
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"No Basis At All": Centre Trashes New York Times Report On Covid Deaths
The government on Thursday trashed as "baseless" a New York Times report that said India's Covid deaths were severely undercounted and underreported.
