India rebuts NYT report on Covid deaths; Objects to WHO methodology

Published on Apr 17, 2022 03:29 pm IST

India has reacted sharply to The New York Times article which claimed accused India of stalling the WHO's efforts to make global covid death toll public'. The Health Ministry has said their basic objection has not been with the result but with the methodology used for estimating the deaths. In a statement, the Health Ministry said that same mathematical model cannot be used to calculate the Covid deaths for a large country like India and for other countries with a smaller population. Watch this video to know more.

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