TN BJP says state govt should not under report Covid deaths

Chennai, June 12 (IANS) Tamil Nadu BJP President L. Murugan on Saturday urged the state government not to under-report Covid-19 deaths.In a statement issued here Murugan said Chief Minister M.K. Stalin should not under report Covid-19 deaths so as to avoid a bad name for his government.Murugan said the state government is registering deaths of Covid-19 patients with co-morbidities as death due to co-morbidities.The death certificates are also issued like that, Murugan said.In another statement, BJP's Tamil Nadu Vice President V.P. Duraisamy wondered whether the DMK government is ready to come out with a white paper on the number of Covid-19 vaccines it had asked for, how much has been used without being wasted.
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