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6 dead in North Korea, after country announces first COVID-19 outbreak
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], May 13 (ANI): At least six persons were confirmed dead on Friday in North Korea and over 350,000 people were infected with a fever that spread "explosively" in the country, which had a day ago announced its first case of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
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COVID-19 death toll in Europe tops 2 million: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Copenhagen [Denmark], May 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths has exceeded two million in Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe said on Thursday.
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India reports 2,827 new COVID-19 cases, 24 deaths in last 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): India's COVID tally remained below 3000-mark for the third consecutive day, as the country reported 2,827 new COVID-19 cases, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.
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WHO's calculation method and data on COVID-19 deaths in India is incorrect
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Writer Priyam Gandhi Mody, who authored the book "A Nation To Protect: Leading India Through The COVID Crisis", criticised WHO's data on COVID-19 deaths in India terming it as "incorrect".
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CCHFW passes resolution on WHO's modelling of projecting India's COVID dea
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Narmada (Gujarat) [India], May 6 (ANI): A resolution was passed at the conference of the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare (CCHFW) on Friday strongly objecting to the World Health Organization's (WHO) estimates of 4.7 million COVID-19 deaths in India, informed sources on Friday
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BJP questions WHO's methodology of projecting COVID death estimates, says
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday questioned the process of the World Health Organization (WHO) in projecting excess mortality estimates due to COVID, and said that the source of the data must have accuracy while also stating that the health body itself does
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'Science doesn't lie..', Rahul Gandhi slams Centre over WHO report on 'exc
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): A day after India objected to the use of mathematical models by the World Health Organisation (WHO) claiming 4.7 million "excess" COVID deaths in the country, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a jibe at the government stating "Science does not lie, M
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No COVID death data fudged in Delhi, says Minister Satyendar Jain
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): Amid row over the World Health Organisation (WHO) report claiming 4.7 million "excess" COVID deaths in India, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Friday said that no data in the national capital has been fudged.
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ICMR DG questions WHO's COVID death estimates for India
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): After World Health Organization's (WHO) excess mortality estimates for COVID, the Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr Balram Bhargava on Thursday said the country has systemic data pool and it does not need to rely on "modellin
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Top experts question WHO figures on excess COVID deaths in India, its meth
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): After the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that India had 4.7 million "excess" COVID deaths, the country questioned the modelling methodology used by the organisation and said it is disappointed with its ''one-size-fits-all'' approach.
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India objects to WHO using mathematical models for excess COVID mortality
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): India has strongly objected to the use of mathematical models by the World Health Organization (WHO) for projecting excess mortality estimates concerning coronavirus and has said that authentic data is available.
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WHO estimates 14.9 million excess COVID associated deaths in 2020, 2021
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 5 (ANI): New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the full death toll associated directly or indirectly with the COVID-19 pandemic between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021 was approximately 14.9 million (range 13.3 million to 16.6 million)
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