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It has been reported for some time that the Union government has sought to block the World Health Organization (WHO) from publishing a report about excess mortality during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is now clear what the authorities in India were worried about. According to news reports, India reported by far the highest excess deaths during the pandemic — almost 4.7 million such deaths. Indonesia and the Russian Federation both had just over a million, and the United States just under a million.
In terms of population size, this is not completely out of line. India would rank in the low
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