GENEVA: China may be having a hard time controlling the number of Covid-19 infections as the country experiences a large spike in infections, a senior official said. World Health Organization The official said Wednesday, amid concerns about the lack of data from the country.
Official figures from China have become an unreliable guide as the country is doing fewer tests following the recent easing of its strict “Covid-free” policy.
“In China, what is being reported is the relatively low number of cases in the ICU, but the ICUs are anecdotally filled,” said the WHO’s director of emergencies. Mike Ryan speak.
“I don’t want to say that China is actively not telling us what’s going on. I think they’re behind the curve.”
Dozens of hearses lined up outside a crematorium in Beijing on Wednesday, even as China reported no new deaths from Covid-19 in its growing outbreak. sparked criticism over their virus calculation as the capital braced for a surge in cases.
The WHO said it was willing to work with China to improve the way it collects data on important factors such as hospitalizations and deaths.
Ryan noted that vaccination rates in the country have spiked in recent weeks, adding that it remains to be seen whether enough vaccinations can be done in the coming weeks to stem the impact of the pandemic. or not. omicron wave.
Ryan said the WHO would encourage the import of vaccines, but also work to arrange for vaccines to be produced in as many places as possible.
China has nine domestically developed Covid-19 vaccines authorized for use, more than any other country, but they have not been updated to target the highly infectious variant of Omicron.
A German government spokesman said on Wednesday that Berlin had sent the first batch of the BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to China to be used initially among German expatriates.
Official figures from China have become an unreliable guide as the country is doing fewer tests following the recent easing of its strict “Covid-free” policy.
“In China, what is being reported is the relatively low number of cases in the ICU, but the ICUs are anecdotally filled,” said the WHO’s director of emergencies. Mike Ryan speak.
“I don’t want to say that China is actively not telling us what’s going on. I think they’re behind the curve.”
Dozens of hearses lined up outside a crematorium in Beijing on Wednesday, even as China reported no new deaths from Covid-19 in its growing outbreak. sparked criticism over their virus calculation as the capital braced for a surge in cases.
The WHO said it was willing to work with China to improve the way it collects data on important factors such as hospitalizations and deaths.
Ryan noted that vaccination rates in the country have spiked in recent weeks, adding that it remains to be seen whether enough vaccinations can be done in the coming weeks to stem the impact of the pandemic. or not. omicron wave.
Ryan said the WHO would encourage the import of vaccines, but also work to arrange for vaccines to be produced in as many places as possible.
China has nine domestically developed Covid-19 vaccines authorized for use, more than any other country, but they have not been updated to target the highly infectious variant of Omicron.
A German government spokesman said on Wednesday that Berlin had sent the first batch of the BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to China to be used initially among German expatriates.
