Govt compares Gujarat with France, Italy

Ahmedabad: In a bid to show before the Gujarat high court how the state government is successfully dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic and to make suitable observations and remove adverse remarks, the state government has compared the Gujarat condition with the ones prevailing in France and Italy, one of the worst affected countries in the world.
The state government’s clarification application reads, “While comparing the State of Gujarat with countries like Italy and France, the population of which is similar and where the available medical facilities are very much superior to that available in the State, yet the rise in number of COVID-19 cases has been substantially slow in the State as compared to the said countries.”
The government goes on further to state, “Similarly, the number of deaths has been substantially less in Gujarat as compared to Italy and France.” The government also told the HC that it was unjust on its part to compare the Civil Hospital with the newly built SVP Hospital, for the accommodation facilities in the latter is much less than the Civil Hospital.