Tag: Caution
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Experts Urge Caution on Covid Excess Death Study But Dismiss Government’s No-Undercounting Claim
New Delhi: A study published in Science Advances on July 19 (Friday) claimed that the death toll in India during the first wave of Covid-19, that happened in 2020, was eight times higher than the official figure of 1.4 lakh. The study also says that the impact on life expectancy varies across socio-religious categories, with …