"Not right to look at other sources": ICMR DG Rajiv Bahl on study claiming 11.8 lakh excess deaths in India during 2020 Covid, Top Health News | Latest Healthcare Sector & Healthcare Industry news, Information and Updates: ET HealthWorld : ETHealthworld.com

“The paper that has been published today is looking at COVID-19 mortality and the reduction in life expectancy during the pandemic. What it is trying to look at is excess mortality during the COVID pandemic in the year 2020. Now the first thing to understand is this is not COVID deaths only. This is all the deaths due to any cause. So it should not be confused at all with COVID deaths,” Rajiv Bahl said., “The paper that has been published today is looking at COVID-19 mortality and the reduction in life expectancy during the pandemic. What it is trying to look at is excess mortality during the COVID pandemic in the year 2020. Now the first thing to understand is this is not COVID deaths only. This is all the deaths due to any cause. So it should not be confused at all with COVID deaths,” Rajiv Bahl said., , Read More