‘People not just dying of Covid’: WHO Chief scientist on India’s Covid situation

World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan termed the rate of infections and deaths in India as ‘worrying’ and called on governments to boost exercises on reporting actual numbers. “I would say that at this point of time, the situation is very worrying, the daily number of cases and deaths that we are seeing today in India and other countries in the Southeast area region is a big concern for us and we also realise that these are underestimates,” said Swaminathan. She added, “Just because one is vaccinated doesn’t mean one can’t get the infection. You are protected to a large extent but not 100 percent.” Watch the full video for more.