Union Health Ministry contests international study that points to 11.9 lakh excess deaths in India in 2020, calls it ‘gross and misleading’ overestimate
8 months ago

Union Health Ministry contests international study that points to 11.9 lakh excess deaths in India in 2020, calls it ‘gross and misleading’ overestimate

The Hindu  

Even as data from an international study emerged, estimating that 11.19 lakh excess deaths occurred in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic in India, and that life expectancy among Indian men and women fell, the Union Health Ministry on Saturday, July 20, 2024, issued a statement contesting these findings and, stating that they were based on “untenable and unacceptable” estimates. According to the paper, ‘Large and unequal life expectancy declines during the COVID-19 pandemic in India in 2020’, published in the journal Science Advances, 11.9 lakh excess deaths occurred in 2020 in the country during the pandemic, 17 per cent higher compared to the deaths in 2019. Ministry says there are ‘critical flaws’ in methodology However, the Health Ministry, in its statement said: “The most important flaw is that the authors have taken a subset of households included in the NFHS survey between January and April 2021, compared mortality in these households in 2020 with 2019, and extrapolated the results to the entire country.” The NFHS sample is representative of the country only when it is considered as a whole. “It is strongly asserted that an excess mortality of about 11.9 lakh deaths reported in the Science Advances paper in 2020 over the previous year is a gross and misleading overestimate,” the statement said.

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The science and art of aging
3 weeks, 1 day ago

The science and art of aging

The Hindu  

“As a species we accept our inevitable decay decline and death; I want to argue that the opposite should be true.” – Bryan Johnson, bio hacker, founder, Project Blueprint. Thus, the identification of genetic factors that affect human longevity is a true challenge.” Undeniably, there are people who have hit the jackpot as far as genes go, and have inherited …

Cancer-related mortalities increased faster among females in past decade, expected to continue rising in next two decades: ICMR analysis
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Cancer-related mortalities increased faster among females in past decade, expected to continue rising in next two decades: ICMR analysis

The Hindu  

Approximately three out of every five individuals in India succumb to death following a cancer diagnosis. Additionally, cancer-related mortalities have increased faster among females than males over the past decade, and are expected to continue rising over the coming two decades, found an analysis by the Indian Council of Medical Research, based on figures presented by the Global Cancer Observatory …

Centre rejects study claiming 11.9 lakh excess deaths in India during 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
8 months ago

Centre rejects study claiming 11.9 lakh excess deaths in India during 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

The Hindu  

The Union Health Ministry has rubbished reports highlighting a higher number of deaths in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. “It is strongly asserted that an excess mortality of about 11.9 lakh deaths reported in the Science Advances paper in 2020 over the previous year is a gross and misleading overestimate. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Ministry …

Health Ministry rejects latest study findings suggesting excess mortality in 2020
8 months ago

Health Ministry rejects latest study findings suggesting excess mortality in 2020

India TV News  

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday, July 20, deemed the findings of a paper published in the journal Science Advances on life expectancy during the COVID-19 pandemic in India as "untenable and unacceptable." The Ministry strongly contested the study's estimate of 11.9 lakh excess deaths in 2020, labeling it a "gross and misleading overestimate." Further discrediting the …

Study estimates 11.9 lakh excess deaths in 2020 during pandemic, 8 times more than official
8 months ago

Study estimates 11.9 lakh excess deaths in 2020 during pandemic, 8 times more than official

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, In India, 11.9 lakh excess deaths occurred in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, 17 per cent higher compared to 2019, an international study has found. Study estimates 11.9 lakh excess deaths in 2020 during pandemic, 8 times more than official The estimate is about eight times higher than the official COVID-19 deaths in India, and 1.5 times the …

India’s hidden COVID deaths: Was the toll in 2020 eight times higher?
8 months ago

India’s hidden COVID deaths: Was the toll in 2020 eight times higher?

Al Jazeera  

India had nearly 1.2 million excess deaths in 2020, new data shows. New Delhi, India – India’s actual death toll during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the world’s most populous country could be eight times higher than the government’s official numbers, reveals a new study. The numbers in the research, based on the Indian government’s 2019-21 …

COVID-19 second-leading cause of death globally in 2021; slashed life expectancy: Lancet study
11 months, 3 weeks ago

COVID-19 second-leading cause of death globally in 2021; slashed life expectancy: Lancet study

The Hindu  

COVID-19 replaced stroke to become the second-leading cause of death globally in 2021, causing 94 deaths per one lakh population and slashing life expectancy by 1.6 years, an international research published in The Lancet journal has found. “Disrupting more than three decades of consistent improvements in life expectancy and deaths, COVID-19 reversed this long-standing progress to emerge as “one of …

Global life expectancy fell by 1.6 years during first two years of COVID-19 pandemic but Australia bucked the trend, study finds
1 year ago

Global life expectancy fell by 1.6 years during first two years of COVID-19 pandemic but Australia bucked the trend, study finds

ABC  

In short: A new study has found that 84 per cent of countries around the globe experienced a drop in life expectancy during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2019 to 2021. A new study has found global life expectancy fell by 1.6 years during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, but Australia was among the few countries to buck …

India sees single-day rise of 529 COVID-19 cases
1 year, 2 months ago

India sees single-day rise of 529 COVID-19 cases

The Hindu  

India recorded 529 fresh COVID-19 cases in a single day, while the country's active infection count stood at 4,093, the health ministry said on December 27. The number of daily cases had dropped to double-digits till December 5, but infections have again gone up after emergence of a new variant and cold weather conditions. The daily numbers were in lakhs …

The COVID-19 death toll in India, getting it right
1 year, 4 months ago

The COVID-19 death toll in India, getting it right

The Hindu  

The COVID-19 pandemic extracted a heavy mortality toll across the world during 2020 and 2021, and this has been a huge global public health concern. Gaps in registration data India faced a big challenge in estimating excess deaths directly due to COVID-19 as death registration in India is still about 70%, which further varies widely across States and districts. India’s …

Caring for the old: The Hindu Editorial on the United Nations Population Fund’s India Ageing Report 2023
1 year, 5 months ago

Caring for the old: The Hindu Editorial on the United Nations Population Fund’s India Ageing Report 2023

The Hindu  

A good part of the world’s population is growing older, and India mirrors this trend as well. The reality, according to the United Nations Population Fund’s India Ageing Report 2023, is that the population above 60 years will double from 10.5% or 14.9 crore to 20.8% or 34.7 crore by 2050. With life expectancy increasing, thanks to better ways to …

Strong forces behind lack of public health system : Public health expert Dr T Jacob John
1 year, 6 months ago

Strong forces behind lack of public health system : Public health expert Dr T Jacob John

New Indian Express  

When we recall that Kerala had a reputation for excellent health metrics, in the 1970s through to the 1990s, the main pieces of evidence were: Lowest birth rate; lowest infant mortality rate ; and, longest life expectancy at birth among Indian states. My point is that the biggest influence on life expectancy is IMR, not the health of adults. Thus, …

Young Indian adults coping with health issues post-pandemic
1 year, 9 months ago

Young Indian adults coping with health issues post-pandemic

The Hindu  

We’ve entered a post-COVID world, but one that has left India’s youth with a set of health challenges in its wake. “My father had a heart attack the year the pandemic broke, and I suddenly understood the importance of family,” he says, adding that the first person he confided in about the stress of the time was his mother. Stuck …

India logs 6,660 new Covid infections, 24 deaths
1 year, 11 months ago

India logs 6,660 new Covid infections, 24 deaths

Firstpost  

New Delhi: In a fresh spike, India has reported a sharp rise of 6,660 covid cases and 24 deaths taking the trajectory of active cases to 63,380, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The daily positivity rate has been recorded at 3.52 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was pegged at 5.42 per cent. The …

COVID-19 responsible for 14.83 million deaths, World Health Organization says
2 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19 responsible for 14.83 million deaths, World Health Organization says

ABC  

New estimates show COVID-19 has been responsible for approximately 14.83 million excess deaths worldwide, up to three times more than previously reported. A World Health Organization paper in Nature revealed that COVID-19 has been responsible for between 13.3 and 16.6 million excess deaths from 2020 to 2021, which was 2.74 times as many deaths as what was reported in the …

Data | Deaths, inaccuracies and statistics: The case of the SRS 2020
2 years, 5 months ago

Data | Deaths, inaccuracies and statistics: The case of the SRS 2020

The Hindu  

Counting the dead is a daunting task, especially in India. The SRS is a large-scale survey that provides an estimate of the death rate or the number of deaths per 1,000 population. DR in the table stands for death rates The other glaring inconsistency lies in the SRS’s estimate of the female death rate in 2020. While the figures in …

Covid deaths 10th of fatalities last year in same period
2 years, 7 months ago

Covid deaths 10th of fatalities last year in same period

Hindustan Times  

Around 33,000 Covid-19 deaths have occurred in India so far in 2022, which is a little over a tenth of the number of reported fatalities seen across the country in the same period last year. Data also shows that eight regions with most deaths together account for nearly 80% of all of this year’s Covid fatalities, while the remaining 28 …

Covid Update: India Records Over 16,000 Fresh Cases, 54 Deaths In Last 24 Hrs
2 years, 7 months ago

Covid Update: India Records Over 16,000 Fresh Cases, 54 Deaths In Last 24 Hrs

ABP News  

New Delhi: India Wednesday recorded 16,047 new coronavirus cases and 54 fatalities including six reconciled by Kerala, according to the latest Union Health Ministry data. India reports 16,047 new coronavirus cases, 54 fatalities including six reconciled by Kerala: Union Health Ministry — Press Trust of India August 10, 2022 The data updated at 8 am showed active cases came down …

Covid deaths higher in young Indian women with comorbidities: Study
2 years, 9 months ago

Covid deaths higher in young Indian women with comorbidities: Study

India TV News  

Covid deaths higher in young Indian women with comorbidities: Study A team of researchers from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi conducted the study on 2,586 Covid-19 hospitalised patients who were admitted in the hospital from April 8 to October 4, 2020. A team of researchers from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi conducted the study on 2,586 Covid-19 hospitalised patients who …

India's Life Expectancy at Birth Grows by 2 Years to 69.7 in 2015-19; Still Below Global Average of 72.6
2 years, 9 months ago

India's Life Expectancy at Birth Grows by 2 Years to 69.7 in 2015-19; Still Below Global Average of 72.6

News 18  

India’s life expectancy at birth has increased up to 69.7 in the 2015-2019 period, data from the sample registration system shows. In Madhya Pradesh, which has the highest IMR of 43, surviving the first year after birth raises life expectancy by 2.7 years. Uttar Pradesh, having had the lowest life expectancy at birth of just 43 years in 1970-75 has …

India’s excess mortality crossed 7 lakh in 2020
2 years, 9 months ago

India’s excess mortality crossed 7 lakh in 2020

The Hindu  

Affecting around 52 crore people, the COVID-19 pandemic has hit every nook and corner of the world, contributing to 1.5 crore excess deaths from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021 as per the latest World Health Organization estimates. The estimate by The Lancet places India at first having the highest number of cumulative excess deaths due to COVID-19 at …

Central government rejects WHO’s estimate of India's COVID deaths
2 years, 10 months ago

Central government rejects WHO’s estimate of India's COVID deaths

The Hindu  

ON May 5, the World Health Organisation released its much-awaited report on excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite India’s objection to the process, methodology and outcome of this modelling exercise, WHO has released the excess mortality estimates without adequately addressing India’s concerns.” Drawing attention to the Civil Registration System report released just two days earlier, the Health Ministry …

Why India must come clean on Covid-19 deaths
2 years, 10 months ago

Why India must come clean on Covid-19 deaths

Hindustan Times  

In a soft, sad tone, Jagjyot Singh talks about “fighting till the end”. His mother, Sarabjeet, admitted for Covid-19 at Delhi’s Jaipur Golden Hospital, died on the fateful night of April 23, 2021, when oxygen ran out in the intensive care unit. The death certificate issued in Jagjyot’s mother’s name describes the manner of death as “natural,” and the cause …

There is no getting past the pandemic till we credibly count COVID-19 deaths
2 years, 10 months ago

There is no getting past the pandemic till we credibly count COVID-19 deaths

The Hindu  

The World Health Organization recently released a report that estimated global deaths from COVID-19 across 2020-2021. However, the estimates for India are broadly consistent with estimates from a number of independent groups, all falling in the broad range of 2.2 million to 6 million deaths. This compares estimates of the actual death toll with the number of deaths expected in …

Engage, not dismiss: The Hindu Editorial on India’s response to WHO’s COVID-19 deaths report
2 years, 10 months ago

Engage, not dismiss: The Hindu Editorial on India’s response to WHO’s COVID-19 deaths report

The Hindu  

The release of a report by WHO that estimates excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic to be nearly 10 times the reported COVID-19 death toll of 4.8 lakh in India between January 2020 and December 2021, the highest for any country, is not surprising. While most deaths — close to two thirds — occurred during the second wave in India …

How India Thwarted WHO Attempt to Time Flawed Estimate of Covid Deaths With UP Elections
2 years, 10 months ago

How India Thwarted WHO Attempt to Time Flawed Estimate of Covid Deaths With UP Elections

News 18  

India has not only strongly objected to the use of mathematical models by the World Health Organization for projecting excess mortality estimates linked to the Covid-19 pandemic, but also reportedly countered attempts by the UN body to time the release of its report around Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. “Despite India’s objection to the process, methodology and outcome of this modelling …

Calculation of India’s Covid Deaths Complex, Changes in Modelling Can Affect Numbers: Ex-ICMR Scientist
2 years, 10 months ago

Calculation of India’s Covid Deaths Complex, Changes in Modelling Can Affect Numbers: Ex-ICMR Scientist

News 18  

The calculation of deaths due to Covid-19 in India is “quite complex” and there are “no definite answers”, former Indian Council of Medical Research scientist Dr Raman Gangakhedkar told News18.com, responding to the latest data released by the World Health Organization, which claims that Covid could have killed as many as 47.4 lakh people in India in 2020-21. Gangakhedkar, who …

WHO report on Covid deaths in India mischievous, says health ministry official
2 years, 10 months ago

WHO report on Covid deaths in India mischievous, says health ministry official

India Today  

A top health ministry source has called the World Health Organisation's finding that 4.7 million people had died in India directly due to Covid or due to the pandemic’s impact on health systems and society "mischievous". Following the report, India strongly objected to the use of mathematical models by the WHO for projecting excess mortality estimates linked to the coronavirus …

WHO estimates nearly 15 million people died from COVID-19 over past two years
2 years, 10 months ago

WHO estimates nearly 15 million people died from COVID-19 over past two years

ABC  

The World Health Organization says nearly 15 million people were killed either by COVID-19 or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems during the past two years, more than double the official death toll of just over 5.4 million. Key points: The excess mortality figure includes those who died of indirect causes, including inability to access health care during outbreaks …

What WHO’s data on excess deaths reveals
2 years, 10 months ago

What WHO’s data on excess deaths reveals

Live Mint  

India accounted for over 31% of all ‘excess deaths’ globally in the two covid-19 years of 2020 and 2021, estimates released by the World Health Organization on Thursday show. Gross undercount India’s excess deaths in the two years, as estimated by WHO, were at least 6.9 times the toll officially attributed to covid-19. The ‘excess deaths’ based on state data …

WHO has released the excess death estimates without adequately addressing India’s concerns: Health Ministry
2 years, 10 months ago

WHO has released the excess death estimates without adequately addressing India’s concerns: Health Ministry

The Hindu  

India will take up the “glaring anomalies’’ in the report by the World Health Organisation on excess mortality estimates associated with the COVID-19 pandemic at the highest and appropriate forum, said sources in the Health Ministry on Thursday. Despite India’s objection to the process, methodology and outcome of this modelling exercise, the WHO has released the excess mortality estimates without …

WHO estimates 4.7 million COVID-linked deaths in India, 10 times official count
2 years, 10 months ago

WHO estimates 4.7 million COVID-linked deaths in India, 10 times official count

The Hindu  

There were likely 4.7 million deaths, directly or indirectly attributable to COVID-19 in India in 2020 and 2021, according to a report by the World Health Organisation on Thursday. India officially estimated only 4.8 lakh cumulative deaths linked to COVID-19 as of December 2021, which implies that the WHO estimate is nearly 10 times the government count. India on Tuesday …

Centre questions estimate model after WHO claims 4.7 million excess Covid deaths in India
2 years, 10 months ago

Centre questions estimate model after WHO claims 4.7 million excess Covid deaths in India

India Today  

The government of India has challenged the estimates of the country’s Covid deaths by the World Health Organisation. Following the report, India strongly objected to the use of mathematical models by the WHO for projecting excess mortality estimates linked to the coronavirus pandemic in view of the availability of authentic data. What WHO said on excess Covid deaths As per …

India's COVID-19 toll the highest, says WHO; government questions validity of model
2 years, 10 months ago

India's COVID-19 toll the highest, says WHO; government questions validity of model

Firstpost  

According to the report, there were 4.7 million COVID deaths in India – 10 times the official figures and almost a third of COVID deaths globally New Delhi: India on Thursday strongly objected to the use of mathematical models by the World Health Organization for projecting excess mortality estimates linked to the coronavirus pandemic in view of the availability of …

International Day of the Midwife: The Missing Piece in India’s Maternal Health
2 years, 10 months ago

International Day of the Midwife: The Missing Piece in India’s Maternal Health

The Quint  

India has never been closer to realising the Sustainable Development Goal of 70 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births by 2030. Positive strides in maternal health that have saved the lives of millions of girls, children and women are reflected in a progressively declining Maternal Mortality Ratio from 130 to 103 per 100,000 – a notable 21% reduction. Against one …

Nearly 15 million deaths in the last two years were associated with COVID-19, WHO says
2 years, 10 months ago

Nearly 15 million deaths in the last two years were associated with COVID-19, WHO says

LA Times  

Nearly 15 million people were killed either by COVID-19 or by the coronavirus’ impact on overwhelmed health systems in the past two years — more than double the official death toll of 6 million, the World Health Organization said Thursday. Scientists tasked by the WHO with calculating the actual number of COVID-19 deaths between January 2020 and the end of …

What official data says about Covid-year excess deaths
2 years, 10 months ago

What official data says about Covid-year excess deaths

Live Mint  

On Tuesday, India released data on births and deaths registered in 2020. The Civil Registration System collates data on all births and deaths registered with local authorities across India. The CRS can help us reach an estimate by using the “excess deaths" approach, which is the difference between the total number of deaths registered in a pandemic year and the …

India Saw Uptick in Deaths, Fewer Births Registered in First Year of Pandemic: CRS Data
2 years, 10 months ago

India Saw Uptick in Deaths, Fewer Births Registered in First Year of Pandemic: CRS Data

News 18  

India saw an uptick in the number of deaths registered in 2020, the first year of the pandemic, while the number of births registered in the Civil Registration System in that year declined 2.4 per cent as compared to 2019. The number of deaths increased by 6.2 per cent in 2020 from the year before that, according to data released …

India registers fewer births in pandemic year: CRS data
2 years, 10 months ago

India registers fewer births in pandemic year: CRS data

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The number of births registered in the Civil Registration System declined 2.4% on 2020, and the number of deaths increased 6.2%, according to data released by the Union ministry of home affairs on Tuesday. Given the trend in births and deaths registered in CRS over the years, the decline in birth rate can be explained by fewer births …

Recorded deaths rose to 81 lakh in 2020 from 76 lakh in 2019
2 years, 10 months ago

Recorded deaths rose to 81 lakh in 2020 from 76 lakh in 2019

The Hindu  

The number of registered deaths increased from 76.4 lakhs in 2019 to 81.2 lakhs in 2020 and out of the total registered deaths the share of male and female are 60.2% and 39.8% respectively,’’ noted the report on ‘Vital Statistics of India based on the Civil Registration System’ for the year 2020. The report adds that based on information provided …

India's Life Expectancy is Improving, But Mind the Gap Between Different Groups
2 years, 10 months ago

India's Life Expectancy is Improving, But Mind the Gap Between Different Groups

News 18  

India, till date, functions in multiple systems of hierarchies and stratifications. While like other nations, life expectancy in India has improved in general, there is a huge gap in data between people from different social and economic groups. The interplay between Life expectancy and Caste, Class, Religion Disparities in mortality and morbidity among various social-economic categories have existed in India …

Settling India’s COVID-19 mortality data
2 years, 11 months ago

Settling India’s COVID-19 mortality data

The Hindu  

Over the last year, the World Health Organization has been busy, in an unprecedented effort, to calculate the global death toll from COVID-19. There are gaps Several news reports have pointed at a significant gap in India’s COVID-19 story — significantly under-reported mortality figures. Because as in these figures, India would have had close to four times the COVID-19 deaths …

Explained | Why is India concerned about WHO approach on excess deaths during the pandemic?
2 years, 11 months ago

Explained | Why is India concerned about WHO approach on excess deaths during the pandemic?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Reports published in the website devex.com and The New York Timesindicate that the World Health Organization was set to release an estimate of excess deaths during the pandemic period the world over and that the report had been delayed for months because of objections from the Indian government. The Hindu’s Data Team estimated that the excess …

An honest reckoning: On simmering dispute between India and WHO about COVID deaths
2 years, 11 months ago

An honest reckoning: On simmering dispute between India and WHO about COVID deaths

The Hindu  

The visit of Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, to Gujarat for the Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit coincides with a simmering dispute between India and WHO on its forthcoming report on excess COVID-19 deaths between 2020 and 2021. A report in The New York Times claims that WHO estimates India accounted for four million deaths, or …

India’s excess COVID deaths statement inaccurate, says WHO technical group member
2 years, 11 months ago

India’s excess COVID deaths statement inaccurate, says WHO technical group member

The Hindu  

“Inaccurate,” is how a scientist, part of a World Health Organisation team computing the global death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic, described India’s objections to the method used. The Union Health Ministry on Saturday, in response to article, “India is Stalling the WHO’s Efforts to Make Global Covid Death Toll Public” on the same day in The New York Times, …

India logs 43% drop in daily numbers with 1,247 new Covid cases
2 years, 11 months ago

India logs 43% drop in daily numbers with 1,247 new Covid cases

Hindustan Times  

A day after reporting a worrisome 90 per cent jump in daily Covid numbers, India on Tuesday logged 1,247 fresh cases and only one death in the last 24 hours, according to the health ministry data. The daily fatalities were drastically less than Monday's data that showed 214 deaths. The number of infections on Tuesday are almost 43 per cent …

India questions WHO\'s methodology to estimate COVID-19 mortalities
2 years, 11 months ago

India questions WHO\'s methodology to estimate COVID-19 mortalities

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: India on Saturday questioned the World Health Organisation's methodology to estimate COVID-19 mortalities in the country, saying using such a mathematical modelling cannot be applied to estimate the death figures for such a vast nation of geographical size and population. The Union health ministry issued a statement in response to a New York Times article titled “India Is …

India objects to WHO's methodology to calculate COVID-19 death toll
2 years, 11 months ago

India objects to WHO's methodology to calculate COVID-19 death toll

India TV News  

Highlights India has been in regular and in-depth technical exchange with the WHO, India said The Ministry said that the model gives two highly different sets of excess mortality estimates The present modelling exercise seems to be providing its own set of estimates, India said India on Saturday questioned the World Health Organisation's methodology to estimate the COVID-19 death toll …

For India's marginalised, the precarity of health
2 years, 11 months ago

For India's marginalised, the precarity of health

Hindustan Times  

In India, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Muslims account for a combined population of 450 million, making them some of the largest marginalised social groups in the world. Recent research by demographers Sangita Vyas, Payal Hathi, and Aashish Gupta and Aashish Gupta and Nikkil Sudharsanan, show large and persistent disparities in life expectancy for SCs, STs, and Muslims, compared to …

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