Health ministry, ICMR have issued guidelines for 'official document' for Covid deaths: Centre to Supreme Court

Health ministry, ICMR have issued guidelines for 'official document' for Covid deaths: Centre to Supreme Court

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The Centre has told the Supreme Court that the health ministry and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have come out with guidelines for issuing "official document" for Covid-related deaths. In an affidavit filed before the top court, the Centre also submitted that the Office of the Registrar General of India on September 3 had issued a circular to provide a Medical Certificate of Cause of Death to the next of kin of the deceased.

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