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The World Health Organization said Wednesday China is «heavily underreporting» the number of COVID-19 deaths as a wave of infections sweeps the country.
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention has not posted a daily briefing on COVID-19 to its website since Jan. 8 and has reported just 37 deaths since the «zero COVID» policy was lifted on Dec. 7 for a total of 5,272 deaths since the pandemic began.
According to data from Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, China has seen nearly 18,000 deaths since the pandemic started.
Ryan praised many of China’s measures to reduce the burden of disease including administering antivirals early in the course of infection and expanding designated beds in intensive care units but called for more reporting.
