A senior WHO official, as quoted by The Hong Kong Post, had said: "China's COVID data is not giving an accurate picture of the situation there and it under-represents the number of hospitalizations and deaths from the disease."
According to the latest guidelines from the National Health Commission, only those whose death is caused by pneumonia and respiratory failure after contracting the virus are classified as Covid deaths, said Wang Guiqiang, a top infectious disease doctor.
Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases and economic crisis in the country, China is stuck in a dilemma as the imposition of the zero-Covid policy is saving people's lives but at the same time, impacting its economy, effectively putting the second largest economy in a "double whammy," Inside Over r
US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said that the US "is concerned China might not be fully transparent about the COVID numbers, the cases, and also the deaths that we're seeing in China right now".
Beijing [China], May 4 (ANI): The Chinese mainland reported 353 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 16 deaths in the past 24 hours, said the National Health Commission on Wednesday.
Pok Fu Lam [Hong Kong], December 12 (ANI): An international team of researchers led by Dr Guojun He, Associate Professor in Economics and Management & Strategy at HKU Business School, investigated how China's strict lockdown affected non-COVID mortality.