New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday accused the Central government of lying after it said that no COVID-19 deaths had been reported due to an oxygen shortage during the second wave, and demanded that a case be filed against it.
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): The Centre just collects data on COVID-19 deaths, it doesn't generate it, said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Sambit Patra on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): The Central government's statement that no deaths due to lack of oxygen have been specifically reported by states and Union Territories (UTs) during the second wave of COVID-19 has turned into a flashpoint between the BJP and the Congress on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Jha has given a suspension of business notice to discuss "obfuscation of data related to deaths on account of the second wave of COVID-19."
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Responding to media reports that claimed that India's COVID-19 death toll has been undercounted, the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday called such reports 'conjectures and speculation without any substantial basis'.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 10 (ANI): Kerala health minister Veena George on Saturday categorically denied fudging in COVID death data after the first wave of coronavirus struck the state.
Moscow [Russia], July 10 (ANI): Russia recorded 752 deaths on Saturday, up from 726 the day before, the Russian News agency TASS reported citing the anti-coronavirus crisis center.
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 36,89,91,222, as per the provisional report till 7 am on Friday.
Geneva [Swizerland], July 8 (ANI): The world passed the "tragic milestone" of four million recorded COVID-19 deaths, said World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, adding that the world is at a perilous point in this pandemic.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 4 (ANI): Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Sunday instructed the state officials to clear any backlog in updation of data on COVID-19 deaths, stating that a system is in place for real-time update of details regarding the same.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 24 (ANI): Telangana Maoist leaders Haribhushan and Siddaboina Sarakka died due to COVID-19, the CPI (Maoist) Telangana state committee said on Thursday.