Why's Covid mortality so high, asks Chidambaram; Harsh Vardhan accuses of having 'political compulsions'

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 21

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday countered Congress veteran P Chidambaram over the issue of Covid deaths and said mortality always exceeds recoveries by few weeks.

“Such a travesty! Political compulsions forcing P Chidambaram to raise such questions. By order of toolkit party I am sure. Certainly he’s privy to general knowledge that time duration between contracting COVID19 and recovery/mortality mostly exceeds a few weeks!” Vardhan said after

Chidambaram asked why there were deaths over 4,000 a day if cases were indeed declining.

“Is it because of lack of proper medical care because of shortage of oxygen, medicines, ventilators, hospital beds, etc? The Medical experts who are giving numerous interviews should answer the following questions: When the number of daily fresh infections has come down from 4 lakh to 2.5 lakh , why is the number of deaths still above 4000 per day?” Chidambaram asked.