India wants inquiry into WHO’s swine flu alarm
January 19th, 2010 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) India Tuesday demanded an inquiry to establish why the World Health Organisation (WHO) pressed the panic button with regard to the swine flu virus, which many believe has benefited pharmaceutical companies.
“We definitely demand an inquiry into the whole issue. WHO is not god,” Union Minister of State for Health Dinesh Trivedi told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.
“The inquiry will tell us why there was an alarm sounded by the WHO. Even the western media is questioning the WHO on this. We are definitely demanding an inquiry,” Trivedi said.
So far, India has reported over 1,100 deaths due to the contagious virus and over 28,000 people have been infected with the disease till now.
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