China's National Health Commission will no longer release daily COVID-19 figures, amid doubts about their reliability as infections surge in the wake of the abrupt easing of tough restrictions.
abc.net.au/news/china-health-commission-stops-publishing-daily-covid-figures/101808390China's National Health Commission has stopped publishing daily COVID-19 data, amid doubts about their reliability as infections have exploded in the wake of an abrupt easing of tough restrictions.The NHC says the Chinese Center for Disease Control will now publish "relevant" COVID information
It did not specify the reasons for the change, or how frequently China CDC will update COVID information. British-based health data firm Airfinity last week estimated China was experiencing more than a million infections and 5,000 deaths a day. The World Health Organization has received no data from China on new COVID hospitalisations since Beijing eased its restrictions.
"The authorities are making almost no efforts now to slow the spread of infections and, with the migration ahead of Lunar New Year getting started, any parts of the country not currently in a major COVID wave will be soon."
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