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China shifts how it counts Covid deaths as crematoriums fill up
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
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.
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China's low Covid death count could just be data manipulation
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
China has reported zero deaths even after being hit by a critical Covid-19 outbreak again this year. This raises questions about China trying to manipulate the disease data
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Impossible to track exact number of COVID cases in China: Chinese health a
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
China's National Health Commission said that since many of the government's COVID regulation have ended including a lift on mandatory COVID tests, the number of cases reported no longer reflect the actual number of infections.
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Beijing facing 'most critical and toughest moment' of tackling COVID-19, s
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Addressing a press conference on November 21, Liu Xiaofeng, deputy director of the Beijing CDC, said that China is at the 'most critical and toughest moment' of fighting coronavirus.
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Confusion and angst follow as China eases coronavirus restrictions
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The reaction to China's most significant easing of coronavirus controls has been a jumble of conflicting priorities and public sentiment since Beijing announced the changes a week ago.
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Chinese govt firm on following Zero Covid policy despite resentment among
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Last week, a three-year-old boy in Lanzhou died of carbon monoxide poisoning after it took his parents two hours to reach the hospital due to COVID-19 curbs, the Post reported.
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Despite Zero-COVID policy, China reports highest cases in last 6 months
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Despite a Zero-COVID policy, China reported the highest cases in the last 6 months, media reports said.
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Chinese netizens sceptical over efficacy of local COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 26 (ANI): Chinese netizens questioned why the Chinese federal and state leaders took the domestically produced vaccines too late and raised doubts about the efficacy of the same, media reports said.
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China reports 128 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 23 (ANI): Daily caseload has begun to go up in recent days in China. The country reported 128 locally-transmitted COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, including 42 in Gansu and 35 in Guangxi, media reports said citing the National Health Commission.
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China reports over 600 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, marking highest tally i
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 17 (ANI): The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported around 600 new cases of COVID-19, marking the number as the highest daily tally in the month of July, as per the National Health Commission.
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Beijing announces COVID-19 vaccine mandate for its residents
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 7 (ANI): Beijing imposed China's first COVID-19 vaccine mandate for residents to enter public venues in face of a spike in cases from Omicron subvariant.
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Chinese mainland reports 94 COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 7 (ANI): Chinese mainland reported 94 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours including 39 in Anhui and 32 in Shanghai, media reported citing the country's health commission on Thursday.
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