Washington, Jan 6: China has denied allegations that it is hiding Covid infection or death figures, saying the severe illness and death in the country compares favourably with other nations, the media reported on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to South China Morning Post, Beijing\u2019s embassy in Washington, DC, countered allegations after several countries, including the World Health Organisation (WHO), criticised China for withholding actual Covid figures, requesting the country to come clean on the infection surge and hospitalisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cChina has always shared its information and data responsibly with the international community,\u201d Liu Pengyu, spokesman for Beijing\u2019s Washington embassy, said in a news briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chinese scientists are \u201cnow working with WHO to have further discussions about the data,\u201d he said, adding that in the last month, \u201cwe have two exchanges with the WHO\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last week, Mike Ryan, the WHO\u2019s emergencies director said that the current figures being published from China under-represented the numbers of hospital admissions, ICU admissions and \u201cparticularly in terms of death\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The WHO had said that the curbs on travellers from China by various countries is \u201cunderstandable\u201d in the absence of comprehensive information from the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn the absence of comprehensive information from #China, it is understandable that countries around the world are acting in ways that they believe may protect their populations,\u201d WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had said in a tweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
China\u2019s National Health Commission (NHC) has stopped publishing daily Covid-19 case data, handing over the charge to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as nations, including India, ask the country to share actual Covid data on an urgent basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, it will still take days for the CDC to activate the epidemic monitor reporting system and allow the organisation to collect and report infection data effectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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