China’s National Health Commission (NHC) stopped publishing daily COVID-19 data on Sunday, December 25, amid doubts about their reliability as infections have exploded in the wake of an abrupt easing of tough restrictions. READ:
BEIJING, China – China’s National Health Commission stopped publishing daily COVID-19 data on Sunday, December 25, amid doubts about their reliability as infections have exploded in the wake of an abrupt easing of tough restrictions.
Despite the record surge of infections, the NHC had reported no COVID-19 deaths nationwide for four consecutive days before halting the data release. China narrowed its definition for reporting COVID-19 deaths, counting only those from COVID-caused pneumonia or respiratory failure, raising eyebrows among world health experts.
Official figures from China had become an unreliable guide as less testing was being done across the country, while China has been routinely accused of downplaying infections and deaths. “China is entering the most dangerous weeks of the pandemic,” said a research note from Capital Economics. “The authorities are making almost no efforts now to slow the spread of infections and, with the migration ahead of Lunar New Year getting started, any parts of the country not currently in a major COVID wave will be soon.”
“You didn’t count me when I was positive for COVID-19 and you didn’t know when I turned negative. The statistics and reality are too far apart,” wrote a user of China’s Twitter-like platform after the NHC halted its daily case reporting, adding there has been no need to publish them for quite a while.
The country’s healthcare system has been under enormous strain, with staff being asked to work while sick and even retired medical workers in rural communities being rehired to help grass-root efforts, according to state media.
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