NEW DELHI: Health ministers of several states including Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Punjab have unanimously given the slogan. World Health Organization ,WHO) for its estimate of 47 lakh additional deaths directly or indirectly related to covid-19 pandemic In India in 2020 and 2021, it will be considered “unacceptable” and based on “erroneous mathematical assumption”, the sources said.
Citing the recently released Citizen Registration System (CRS) data, the health ministers of about 20 states and union territories jointly organized the United Nations Health Organization at the 14th Conference of the Central Council for Health and Family Welfare (CCHFW) in Gujarat. Passed a resolution dismissing the agency. estimate of excess covid-19 related deaths,
WHO estimates the country’s official number at 4.8 lakh. about 10 times more than covid-19 deaths during the course of two years. The proposal, reviewed by TOI, said, “These estimates drawn from erroneous mathematical assumptions are unacceptable, in view of the fact that India systematically calculates all-cause deaths through a transparent and legal process ”
Several health ministers questioned the WHO’s estimates and called them wrong. The ministers and state representatives said that the fatalities of COVID-19 in the country are systematically recorded as per the legal process.
The resolution states that the council is “deeply disappointed by the WHO’s modeling-based excessive estimates of the country’s high death toll during the pandemic”. The council also demanded “appropriate action” in this regard from Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. Several health ministers urged the Center to raise concerns against the UN health agency internationally.
According to CRS data, India recorded 4.7 lakh additional ‘all-cause’ deaths in 2020 compared to 2019 – the first year of the pandemic.
As per the resolution, the Council also noted that India responded “pre-emptively, proactively, comprehensively and science-driven” to the COVID-19 pandemic as the approach of the entire government and the country as a whole.
India has a robust, legally mandated, comprehensive system of death registration under the “Births and Deaths Registration Act 1969”. Under the Act, states/UTs report and document India’s actual number of deaths,” the resolution noted.
Citing the recently released Citizen Registration System (CRS) data, the health ministers of about 20 states and union territories jointly organized the United Nations Health Organization at the 14th Conference of the Central Council for Health and Family Welfare (CCHFW) in Gujarat. Passed a resolution dismissing the agency. estimate of excess covid-19 related deaths,
WHO estimates the country’s official number at 4.8 lakh. about 10 times more than covid-19 deaths during the course of two years. The proposal, reviewed by TOI, said, “These estimates drawn from erroneous mathematical assumptions are unacceptable, in view of the fact that India systematically calculates all-cause deaths through a transparent and legal process ”
Several health ministers questioned the WHO’s estimates and called them wrong. The ministers and state representatives said that the fatalities of COVID-19 in the country are systematically recorded as per the legal process.
The resolution states that the council is “deeply disappointed by the WHO’s modeling-based excessive estimates of the country’s high death toll during the pandemic”. The council also demanded “appropriate action” in this regard from Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. Several health ministers urged the Center to raise concerns against the UN health agency internationally.
According to CRS data, India recorded 4.7 lakh additional ‘all-cause’ deaths in 2020 compared to 2019 – the first year of the pandemic.
As per the resolution, the Council also noted that India responded “pre-emptively, proactively, comprehensively and science-driven” to the COVID-19 pandemic as the approach of the entire government and the country as a whole.
India has a robust, legally mandated, comprehensive system of death registration under the “Births and Deaths Registration Act 1969”. Under the Act, states/UTs report and document India’s actual number of deaths,” the resolution noted.