Global health officials are now trying to get to grips with an outbreak that is filling hospitals and overwhelming some funeral homes, at odds with China's low official virus death toll.
US President Joe Biden raised concern about China’s handling of its COVID-19 outbreak hours after the World Health Organization said China was under-reporting deaths from the disease.
Mike Ryan, the WHO’s emergencies director, told a media briefing on Wednesday, January 4, that current numbers being published from China under-represent hospital admissions, intensive care unit patients, and deaths.“They’re very sensitive … when we suggest they haven’t been that forthcoming,” he told reporters while on a visit to Kentucky.
The state-run Global Times said in an article on Wednesday that COVID-19 infections had peaked in several major cities including the capital, Beijing, citing interviews with doctors in major hospitals. The methods for counting COVID-19 deaths have varied across countries since the pandemic first erupted in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019.
Despite such worries, Asian shares rose on Thursday on investor hopes for China’s emergence from the pandemic. European Union officials recommended on Wednesday that passengers flying from China to the 27-member bloc should have a negative COVID-19 test before they begin their journeys.
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