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WHO report claims India underreported COVID-19 deaths; India strongly objects

WHO report claims India underreported COVID-19 deaths; India strongly objects
Written by Pratyush Deep Kotoky
May 06, 2022, 10:49 am 3 min read
WHO report claims India underreported COVID-19 deaths; India strongly objects
The government also alleged that WHO released its estimates without adequately addressing India's concerns.

India on Thursday strongly objected to a new World Health Organization report, which claims India witnessed nearly 10 times higher COVID-19 deaths in 2020-21 than the official figures. In a statement, the Centre said it has objections to the methodology the WHO adopted to project excess mortality estimates based on mathematical models. It also alleged the WHO released estimates without adequately addressing India's concerns.

Context
Why does this story matter?
  • India has long been opposing the methodology adopted by the UN body to estimate excess COVID-19 deaths.
  • To push back against the WHO's report, India on Tuesday also released its 2020 mortality data, which showed India registered about 475,000 more total deaths in 2020 than in 2019.
  • Notably, India has been accused of underreporting its COVID-19 death toll since the beginning of the pandemic.
WHO report
What did WHO's report say?

As per WHO estimates, India's actual death toll is 9.8 times higher than the official figures. The WHO claimed 4.74M (or 47.4L) people died in India as a result of the pandemic between January 2020 and December 2021. However, India's official death toll for this period was about 4,80,000. Meanwhile, the worldwide death toll for the same period was 14.9M (1.49cr), the report added.

Details
What was India's response to WHO report?

India alleged that India's objection to the process, methodology, and outcome of this modeling exercise was not properly addressed by the WHO. The government said WHO must accept, respect, and use the data of the National Report on nationwide birth and death data—"generated through Legal Framework of a Member State"—rather than "relying on less than accurate mathematical projection based on non-official sources of data."

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India had pointed out inconsistencies in WHO report

India said it had pointed out inconsistencies in the "criteria and assumption used by WHO." It questioned the very basis for placing it into Tier II countries for which a mathematical modeling estimate is used. India had underlined that "given the accuracy of the Mortality Data collected through an effective and robust statutory system, India doesn't deserve to be placed in Tier II countries."

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India also questioned WHO's source of data

Further, India also questioned the source of data for the WHO's report. It also highlighted the WHO's own admission that data from 17 Indian states were obtained from some websites and media reports and used in its mathematical model. "This reflects a statistically unsound and scientifically questionable methodology of data collection for making excess mortality projections in the case of India," the Centre added.

Objections
India objects to WHO's 'one-size-fits-all' approach

India said it consistently objected to the WHO's "one-size-fits-all" approach to the modeling, "owing to its large area, diversity, and...population of 1.3 billion which witnessed variable severity of the pandemic both across space and time." "India's request to use the available data from [an] authentic Indian source was not considered," it added. The WHO is yet to respond to inconsistencies pointed out by India.

Information
WHO hasn't examined new data provided by India: Report

Meanwhile, the WHO said it has not yet fully examined the new mortality data provided by India this week, Reuters reported. The UN body said it might add a disclaimer to its report highlighting the ongoing discussion with India.

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Pratyush Deep Kotoky covers national and politics news at NewsBytes. His over three-year-long career involves reporting on sociopolitical issues across India, particularly the northeast region. His previous stints include 101Reporters, The Sunday Guardian, and Inshorts, and he has also written for Asia Times, Firstpost, and Newslaundry. He has a postgraduate degree in Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Delhi.
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