Covid-19 deaths 5-6 times higher, third wave could be worse: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that the Covid19 death numbers could be five to six times higher in India but the focus should be on vaccination as the second wave was bad the third wave could be worseRahul Gandhi during his virtual press conference was responding to a question on data being fudged on Covid19 deathsRahul Gandhi said It is sure and there is no doubt that the government is hiding the truth In my view the number of death is five to six times of the reported figure but it is not productive for us to get into discussion of number of deaths as to how many people died Of course the compensation is critical and there are ways in which figures can be verified but the discussion should not be on the numbers but it should be on what we should do nextAlso Read Govts attempts to save PMs image is costing lives Rahul GandhiWe can attack the government after the pandemic is over that you lied on the numbers but today is the time and again I am repeating myself if you think the second wave was bad then the third wave is going to be worse So focus should be on vaccination and we should ensure that virus should not be given space to regenerate he addedThe Congress leader said that the only way out is to vaccinate 100 per cent of the population and the focus should be on it while saying that its good that more than 80 lakh people took vaccines on Monday but this should be an ongoing processHe said that the government should allow as many vaccines as possible and refused to join issues on efficacy and time period and stated that it should be left to the expertsEarlier Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday released a white paper of the party on the Covid19 pandemic and said that the aim of the report is not to finger point at the government but to help the nation prepare for the third waveHe also asked the government to make Covid19 fund for the families who lost their kin and implement the NYAY schemeThe Congress leader said that the entire country knows that before the second wave the scientists and doctors warned us Government did not take the necessary action to prevent the second wave of Covid19 he said adding that today again we are standing hereEntire country knows that the third wave is going to come as the virus is mutating And we are saying again that the government should prepare immediately the requirements of medicines infrastructures oxygen supplies and hospitals he saidThe purpose of this white paper is to help the government to prepare for the third wave Rahul Gandhi saidHe said that this is our intention to provide the government the insights on what to be done He also pointed out that it is clear that management of the first and second wave of Covid19 was disastrous and we have tried to point out the reasons behind it He asserted I would even go so far as to say that there might be waves even after the third wave of Covid19 as the virus is mutatingHe also said that the central pillar of fighting Covid19 is vaccinationStressing on providing financial assistance to the people the Congress leader urged the government to implement the NYAY scheme and come up with Covid 19 fund to provide monetary support to people who lost their kin due to the pandemicThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever