India
oi-Madhuri Adnal
New Delhi, June 01: Yoga guru Ramdev has “irreparably” damaged the government”s efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and people creating confusion during such a time are “anti-national”, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) said on Tuesday.
The doctors’ body in an open letter to citizens, also alleged that Ramdev thought it fit to launch his tirade against national Covid treatment protocols and the vaccination programme to look for an opportunity to “market” his products.
Ramdev has “irreparably damaged the Indian government”s efforts to contain the pandemic”, the IMA said.
“People creating confusion during an epidemic regarding national treatment protocols and the national vaccination programme are traitors and anti-nationals. They are anti-people and anti-humanity. They deserve no mercy,” it said.
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