Health Ministry, ICMR issued guidelines for 'official document' in COVID-related deaths: Centre tells SC

The Centre has told the Supreme Court that the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had on September 3 jointly issued guidelines for the issuance of an 'official document' for COVID-19 related deaths. In an affidavit filed in the top court, the Centre said, "The office of the Registrar General of India has also issued a circular on September 3 to provide a medical certificate of cause of death to the next of kin of the deceased."

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