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India coronavirus dispatch: What it means to wear PPE as healthcare worker

From resuscitating multilateralism with India's help, to vaccine candidates from around the world, and just how reliable is our Covid-19 mortality data - read these and more in today's India dispatch

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Health workers screen the residents of Naik Nagar during a health survey, after detection of some positive cases in Dharavi, Mumbai. Photo: PTI

Sarah Farooqui New Delhi
Here is a round-up of articles from across Indian publications on Covid-19. From resuscitating multilateralism with India’s help, to vaccine candidates from around the world, and just how reliable is our Covid-19 mortality data – read these and more in today’s India dispatch.

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In India, most deaths go unregistered. How reliable is its Covid-19 mortality data? In most developing countries, including India, the quality of data on the cause of death is very poor. This is because most people die in rural areas and at home, a medically certified death in a hospital is rare, and medical certificates