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China stops publishing daily Covid figures: Key points

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China stops publishing daily Covid figures: Key points

NEW DELHI: China’s National Health Commission (NHC) stopped publishing daily Covid-19 data on Sunday, amid doubts about their reliability as infections have exploded in the wake of an abrupt easing of tough restrictions.The NHC’s halt to reporting daily infection and death totals comes as concerns grow around the lack of vital information since Beijing made … Read more

Covid surge: China’s hospitals, crematorium are filling up | International

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Covid surge: China's hospitals, crematorium are filling up | International

Dec 22, 2022, 12:40PM ISTSource: TOI.in China’s narrow criteria for identifying deaths caused by Covid-19 will underestimate the true toll of the pandemic’s current wave there and could make it harder to communicate the best ways for people to protect themselves, foreign health experts warn. Only deaths caused by pneumonia and respiratory failure after contracting … Read more