Nearly 60,000 people infected by the virus have died in hospital since it abandoned its strict policy last month
A staff member walks next to bodies in body bags at a funeral home in Shanghai, China, January 4 2023. Picture: REUTERS
Between December 8 and January 12, the number of Covid-related deaths in Chinese hospitals totalled 59,938, Jiao Yahui, head of the Bureau of Medical Administration under the National Health Commission , told a media briefing. Passengers walk past greeters in the arrival hall for international flights at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China. Picture: Qilai Shen/BloombergWhile international health experts have predicted at least 1-million Covid-related deaths this year, China had previously reported just more than 5,000 deaths since the pandemic began, one of the world’s lowest death rates.
Last month, a Chinese health expert at a government news conference said only deaths caused by pneumonia and respiratory failure after contracting Covid-19 would be classified as Covid-19 deaths. Heart attacks or cardiovascular disease causing the death of infected people would not get that classification.
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