China has faced pressure from countries and health experts to be more forthcoming with Covid-19 data. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING - Chinese officials are planning random spot checks at medical facilities in the country to track incomplete and under-reported Covid-19 data, the country’s health authority said, amid a wider call by global authorities for more transparency.
For months, the country has faced pressure from countries and health experts to reveal and be more forthcoming with Covid-19 data, most notably official numbers around severe hospitalisations and deaths.related to the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic. In new measures announced by the National Health Commission, provincial governments will be tasked with daily random supervision and inspections covering an array of areas that include vaccination management at medical and health institutions, including checking the receipt and storage of new coronavirus vaccines.
In addition, the governments have been asked to monitor whether virus infection reports have been concealed, delayed, or misreported; and step up the management of medical waste and biosecurity management of pathogenic microbiology laboratories. Local governments should actively seek financial support to ensure funding for the costs surrounding the random checks, the health authority said. REUTERS
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