China is reporting its first deaths linked to COVID-19 in weeks as cases surge amid the country lifting many of its so-called 'zero COVID' policies.
No information was available about the deaths including the names, ages, sex and vaccination status of the patients.
For most of the pandemic, China has implemented strict measures, including widespread lockdowns and mass testing in an attempt to prevent outbreaks.over the disruption to daily life, leading Beijing to ease some restrictions such as people being allowed to isolate at home and schools without known infections being able to resume classes.
Customers buy medicine at a pharmacy as the local government distributes more fever medicines to the market, following the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, Dec. 19, 2022.However, a public health expert told ABC News a combination of under-vaccination and large swaths of unprotected vulnerable populations will lead to more deaths.
"What will happen with the new policy right now is most of the population in China will be infected by COVID," said Dr. Ali Mokdad, an epidemiologist and chief strategy officer at the University of Washington Population Health Initiative. "In one way or another, they'll be infected." According to the NHC, China has only recorded 5,237 COVID-19 deaths -- much lower than the tolls reported by other Western countries -- since the pandemic began, but experts agree this is likely an undercount. According to data fromMokdad said health officials only include those who died directly from COVID-19 in the official death count. Those with underlying medical conditions that were exacerbated by the virus or who incidentally tested positive for COVID are excluded.
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