BEIJING: China rang in the Chinese New Year on Sunday (Jan 22) with its people praying for health after three years of stress and financial hardship under the pandemic, as officials reported almost 13,000 new deaths caused by the virus between Jan 13 and 19. Queues stretched for about 1km outside the
BEIJING: China rang in the Chinese New Year on Sunday with its people praying for health after three years of stress and financial hardship under the pandemic, as officials reported almost 13,000 new deaths caused by the virus between Jan 13 and 19.
Earlier, officials reported almost 13,000 deaths related to COVID in hospitals between Jan 13 and 19, adding to the nearly 60,000 in the month or so before that. Chinese health experts say theThe death toll update, from China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention, comes amid doubts over Beijing's data transparency and remains extremely low by global standards.
The death count reported by Chinese authorities excludes those who died at home, and some doctors have said they are discouraged from putting COVID-19 on death certificates.
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