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  • Many Indians can't prove their loved ones died from Covid. And that could be a problem

    10/08/2021 8:35:28 PM PDT · by blueplum · 10 replies
    CNN ^ | 08 October 2021 | Jessie Yeung, Rhea Mogul and Swati Gupta, CNN
    ...This week, India's government unveiled a compensation program that would provide 50,000 rupees (about $670) to the families of past and future Covid-19 victims. That's more than half of what most people in the country earn annually, according to the government's most recent estimate of income per capita for the 2019-2020 financial year. In theory, the program should help people like Srivastava. But experts believe the true death toll may be many times the official tally of 450,000 ... ...only 22% of all registered fatalities were given an official cause of death, certified by a doctor, according to community medicine...