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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Ann Natl Acad Med Sci 2021; 57(03): 65-68
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1735757
Editorial

Are the Medical Journals Justified in Criticizing India’s COVID-19 Management Policy?

Velayudhan Mohan Kumar
1   Retired Professor and Head, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
2   Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
,
Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal
3   Somnogen Canada Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4   Saveetha Medical College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Devendra Kumar Gupta
5   Retired Professor and Head, Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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