China will no longer publish daily figures for COVID-19 cases and deaths, the National Health Commission said, ending a practice that began in early 2020. | via philstarlife
China will no longer publish daily figures for COVID-19 cases and deaths, the National Health Commission said on Sunday, Dec. 25, ending a practice that began in early 2020. , resulting in pharmacy shelves stripped bare and overflowing hospitals and crematoriums, after Beijing suddenly dismantled its zero-Covid regime earlier this month.
"The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention will publish information about the outbreak for reference and research purposes," the NHC said, without specifying the type or frequency of information to be published.On Chinese social media, some users responded to the NHC's decision with cynicism, pointing to the increasing discrepancy between official statistics and infections within their families and social circles.
Under China's new definition of Covid deaths, only those who die of respiratory failure—and not pre-existing conditions exacerbated by the virus—are counted.But crematorium workers interviewed by AFP have reported an unusually high influx of bodies, while hospitals have said they are tallying multiple fatalities per day, as wards fill up with elderly patients and they are forced to fill atriums with beds.
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