WHO COVID-19 dashboard map (2021)
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The World Health Organization's COVID-19 dashboard coloured Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh differently from the rest of India. India took up the matter strongly at the highest level in WHO, and WHO added a disclaimer.
| Country or organisation | World Health Organization |
|---|---|
| What the map shows | On the WHO COVID-19 dashboard, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh were shaded differently from the rest of India. Later reports said parts were shown with Pakistan's and China's data. |
| When | January 2021 |
| India's response | India's Permanent Representative in Geneva raised it with the WHO Director-General. The Government told Rajya Sabha (February 2021) that it had taken the matter up strongly and reiterated its position on the correct depiction of India's boundaries. WHO then added a disclaimer to the portal. |
| Status | Partly corrected |