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China insists official Covid data is transparent: state media
Merlin Lint 5 hours ago Last update: 2022-12-30
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China has insisted that the data it publishes on Covid-19 deaths has always been transparent, state media reported, although the official figures are tiny compared to other countries and that its hospitals are overwhelmed with infections.
Beijing's release of all information about the virus was done "in a spirit of openness", a senior health official said at a press briefing hosted by China's State Council, Xinhua reported Thursday evening.
A national disease control body said there were around 5,500 new local cases and one death on Friday, but with mass testing ending and criteria narrowing for what counts as a Covid death, those numbers are no longer supposed to reflect reality. Some experts estimate that there could be up to 9,000 daily deaths.
"China has always released information on deaths and serious cases of Covid-19 in a spirit of openness and transparency," Jiao Yahui of the National Health Commission (NHC) told reporters on Thursday.
Jiao said China only counts Covid-19 deaths as cases of people who died of virus-induced respiratory failure after testing positive with a nucleic acid test, rather than other countries that include all deaths within 28 days of positive tests.
Jiao said:
China has always stuck to scientific criteria for judging Covid-19 deaths, from start to finish, which are in line with international criteria.
The NHC said last week it would no longer publish the official daily Covid death toll.
Health risk analysis firm Airfinity said it currently estimates 9,000 daily deaths and 1.8 million infections per day in China, while it also expects 1.7 million deaths across the country by the end of April 2023.
The Britain-based researchers said their model was based on data from regional Chinese provinces, before changes in infection reporting were implemented, combined with case growth rates from other former countries. zero-Covid when they lifted the restrictions.
China announced this week that it would end mandatory quarantine upon arrival, after announcing earlier in the month that it had dropped a series of strict measures to contain the coronavirus.
The world's most populous country will downgrade its handling of Covid-19 from January 8, treating it as a Class B infection, rather than a more serious Class A infection.
Liang Wannian, head of the NHC's Covid response expert group, called the measures appropriate, scientific and based on law, Xinhua reported.
The state news agency reported that Liang said the change did not mean China was abandoning the virus, but rather directed resources to the most important areas of epidemic control and treatment. infected people.
China insists official Covid data is transparent: state media
Merlin Lint 5 hours ago Last update: 2022-12-30
...
China has insisted that the data it publishes on Covid-19 deaths has always been transparent, state media reported, although the official figures are tiny compared to other countries and that its hospitals are overwhelmed with infections.
Beijing's release of all information about the virus was done "in a spirit of openness", a senior health official said at a press briefing hosted by China's State Council, Xinhua reported Thursday evening.
A national disease control body said there were around 5,500 new local cases and one death on Friday, but with mass testing ending and criteria narrowing for what counts as a Covid death, those numbers are no longer supposed to reflect reality. Some experts estimate that there could be up to 9,000 daily deaths.
"China has always released information on deaths and serious cases of Covid-19 in a spirit of openness and transparency," Jiao Yahui of the National Health Commission (NHC) told reporters on Thursday.
Jiao said China only counts Covid-19 deaths as cases of people who died of virus-induced respiratory failure after testing positive with a nucleic acid test, rather than other countries that include all deaths within 28 days of positive tests.
Jiao said:
China has always stuck to scientific criteria for judging Covid-19 deaths, from start to finish, which are in line with international criteria.
The NHC said last week it would no longer publish the official daily Covid death toll.
Health risk analysis firm Airfinity said it currently estimates 9,000 daily deaths and 1.8 million infections per day in China, while it also expects 1.7 million deaths across the country by the end of April 2023.
The Britain-based researchers said their model was based on data from regional Chinese provinces, before changes in infection reporting were implemented, combined with case growth rates from other former countries. zero-Covid when they lifted the restrictions.
China announced this week that it would end mandatory quarantine upon arrival, after announcing earlier in the month that it had dropped a series of strict measures to contain the coronavirus.
The world's most populous country will downgrade its handling of Covid-19 from January 8, treating it as a Class B infection, rather than a more serious Class A infection.
Liang Wannian, head of the NHC's Covid response expert group, called the measures appropriate, scientific and based on law, Xinhua reported.
The state news agency reported that Liang said the change did not mean China was abandoning the virus, but rather directed resources to the most important areas of epidemic control and treatment. infected people.
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