"Erroneous": Health Ministry on media reports highlighting excess mortality in 2020

Jul 20, 2024

The Ministry said that the study is erroneous and the methodology followed by the authors has critical flaws; the claims are inconsistent and unexplainable,...

India objects to WHO using mathematical models for projecting excess COVID mortality estimates

May 05, 2022

New Delhi [India], May 5 : India has strongly objected to the use of mathematical models by the World Health Organization (WHO) for...

Mandaviya raises concern at global forum over WHO's report on COVID excess mortality in India

May 23, 2022

Geneva [Switzerland] [India], May 23 : Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday raised concerns over the WHO's recent exercise on all-cause excess mortality...

'Speculative, misinformed': Centre dismisses report claiming COVID-19 mortality in India higher than official count

Mar 11, 2022

New Delhi [India], March 11 : The Government of India on Friday dismissed a recently published article in a "reputed international journal" that provided...

'Speculative, misinformed': Centre dismisses report claiming COVID-19 mortality in India higher than official count

Mar 11, 2022

New Delhi [India], March 11 : The Government of India on Friday dismissed a recently published article in a "reputed international journal" that provided...

"Not right to look at other sources": ICMR DG Rajiv Bahl on study claiming 11.8 lakh excess deaths in India during 2020 Covid

Jul 20, 2024

"The paper that has been published today is looking at COVID-19 mortality and the reduction in life expectancy during the pandemic. What it is...