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Sri Lankan Government Apologises For “Forced” Cremation Of Muslim Covid Victims
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s government Tuesday formally apologised to the island’s Muslim minority for forcing cremations on Covid victims, disregarding WHO assurances that burials in line with Islamic rites were safe. The cabinet issued an “apology regarding the compulsory cremation policy during the Covid-19 pandemic”, the government said in a statement. It said a new law …
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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 …