Read more about China hiding real Covid deaths by masking cause of death: Report on Business Standard. The faulty methodology was confirmed by Jin Dong-yan, a virologist at Hong Kong University
Amid a massive surge in COVID-19 cases in China, Beijing is trying to hide the real death toll by masking the cause of death. Citing Financial Times, Taiwan News reported that if someone dies after contracting COVID-19 but had, for example, cancer, heart disease, or diabetes at the time, Chinese hospitals would not classify the death as resulting from COVID-19, but as a chronic illness instead. The faulty methodology was confirmed by Jin Dong-yan, a virologist at Hong Kong University. “The numbers are not accurate, but Shanghai hospitals are not necessarily doing this on purpose.
