New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): Saturday’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announces that state and federal territories have recorded Covid-19 deaths in accordance with guidance issued by the Indian Medical Research Council (ICMR). Did.

In an official release, the ministry accused an international magazine famous for publishing an article claiming that “India suffers from’excessive deaths’ five to seven times the official death toll of Covid-19.”

The Union Ministry of Health said the article was speculative, unfounded and seemingly misinformation.

He added that the unhealthy analysis of the article was based on extrapolation of data without epidemiological evidence.

The study used by the magazine as an estimate of mortality is not a validated tool for determining mortality in any country or region, the government said.

“The so-called” evidence “cited in the magazine is a study believed to have been done by Christopher Raffler of Virginia Commonwealth University. This study was not found by searching the Internet for research studies in scientific databases such as Pubmed and ResearchGate. The detailed methodology for this study is not provided by the journal.

“Another piece of evidence given is a study conducted in Telangana based on insurance claims. Again, there is no peer-reviewed scientific data available for such studies,” the statement said. It was.

“Two other trusted studies are those conducted by pedestrian groups familiar with the implementation, prediction and analysis of election results: Prashnam and C-Voter. These were not related to public health research. In their scholarly studies, their methodology for predicting voting outcomes has been off the mark many times. “

“Such estimates were inferred from patchy, often unreliable local government data, company records, and analysis of fatalities,” the magazine said in their own submission to Covid. He said it was transparent in the approach. Data Management, Government Issued “Guidance for Proper Recording of COVID-19-Related Deaths in India” by ICMR as early as May 2020 to avoid reported mortality discrepancies And the ICD-10 code recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for mortality coding.

The state and UT have been encouraged through formal communication, multiple video conferencing, and the placement of a central team to properly record deaths in accordance with established guidelines.

The Union Department of Health also said it regularly emphasized the need for a strong reporting mechanism for daily monitoring of district-by-district cases and deaths.

States that consistently report low daily deaths were told to reconfirm the data. A good example is the federal government sending a letter to Bihar, providing the Federal Ministry of Health with a detailed date and district breakdown of adjusted fatalities.

According to the ministry’s announcement, it is well known that there are always differences in mortality recorded during a serious and long-term public health crisis, including a well-developed research study on Covid’s pandemic and excess mortality. It is a fact that there is. Mortality rates are available from reliable sources. The methodology of such studies is well established and the data source is also defined as a valid assumption for calculating mortality. (ANI)