Imperial College London team says if WHO’s vaccine targets had been achieved, ‘1 in 5 of the estimated lives lost due to Covid in low-income nations could have been prevented’.
CRS data for 2020 released by health ministry Tuesday. It comes amid a tussle between WHO and government over exact figure of deaths in India during Covid pandemic.
In series of letters, govt has questioned methodology of calculation and WHO’s decision to rely on 18 states’ data to reach an estimate 'several times higher' than official figure.
Case fatality rate in 3rd wave was 0.35% compared to 1.29% for 2nd wave. Only 10% of deaths in 3rd wave were of fully vaccinated people, of whom most had comorbidities, govt says.
Study by IIM-Ahmedabad & University of Toronto used independent survey of 1.4 lakh individuals, as well as government data, for the study, published in 'Science' Thursday.
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