The official COUNTINGS relating to the number of victims directly or indirectly linked to Covid-19 are probably a “significant underestimate”. This was announced by the World Health Organization, during a meeting with journalists in Geneva on the occasion of the presentation of the annual report on the state of health in the world “World Health Statistics”. According to calculations by Johns Hopkins University, based on official data provided by the ministries of health, 3,430,955 people in the world have died from the coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic, 1.2 million more than officially declared. So Samira Asma, WHO Deputy Director General: “They are at least double, triple the official ones”.
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by Noemi Penna
“As of December 31, 2020 – explains the UN health agency in the report – preliminary estimates suggest that the total number of deaths in the world attributable to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 is at least 3 million, that is 1.2 million more compared to the 1.8 million officially reported “.
Each country faces different challenges to complete and correct Covid deaths, argues WHO, explaining how it is “working with all interested parties to refine statistical models and obtain accurate counts”.
The pandemic, the body continues in its report, “poses serious threats to the health and well-being of the population globally and hinders progress in achieving the sustainable development goals and the ‘triple billion’ goals set by the WHO. 90% of countries reporting interruptions to essential health services and 3% of families spending more than 25% of their health care budget in 2015, “universal health coverage is most at risk of being left behind”.
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