The WHO says China is 'heavily underreporting' the number of COVID-19 deaths as a wave of infections sweeps the country.
, China has seen nearly 18,000 deaths since the pandemic started.
"WHO still believes that deaths are heavily underreported from China, and this is in relation to the definitions that are used but also to the need for doctors and those reporting in the publicsystem to be encouraged to report these cases and not discouraged," Michael Ryan, executive director of WHO Health Emergencies Program said during a press conference in Geneva.
Medical workers attend to patients of the coronavirus disease at an intensive care unit converted from a conference room, at a hospital in Cangzhou, Hebei province, China, Jan. 11, 2023.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.
"We are working ever closer with our colleagues in China to try and understand better the transmission dynamics, but we still do not have adequate information to make a full comprehensive risk assessment," he said. Throughout most of the pandemic, China implemented very strict measures, including widespread lockdowns, quarantines in government buildings and mass testing in an attempt to prevent outbreaks.
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