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COVID-19: China stops publishing daily cases in the country from this Sunday

China has seen a new outbreak of infections in recent weeks | Fountain: AFP

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China’s National Health Commission said it would not release daily cases. COVID-19 as of this Sunday, but he did not detail the reasons for the decision, despite reports of a rise in infections in recent weeks.

The agency clarified that it will disclose information related to the disease for “study and reference,” according to a statement cited by Global Times.

This decision by the Chinese authorities is due to an increase in the number of cases of the disease after the easing of some restrictions. In this context, about 248 million people in China18 percent of the population tested positive for new coronavirus during the first three weeks of December.

According to minutes from last Wednesday’s meeting of China’s National Health Commission circulated on social media, 37 million people were likely infected on Tuesday alone. British newspaper Financial Times and Bloomberg confirmed this information through sources present at that meeting.

Although official statistics only speak of 62,000 infections across the country in three weeks of December, according to a British newspaper, estimates prepared by the deputy director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Sun Yang, show how the infection is spreading. Sunrise.

These estimates come after almost three years of lockdown, quarantine and mass testing in China, whose government has at times been inflexible in its prevention policies.

Coronavirus: China stops publishing daily cases in the country from this Sunday
In China, they again had to wear masks due to the increase in the number of infections | Fountain: AFP

He recently relaxed some of his measures, arguing that cases of the new omicron variant are less serious. However, this certain promiscuity will also be motivated by popular dissatisfaction with these restrictions.

Qingdao reports half a million infections daily

Half a million people are infected with COVID-19 every day in the city of Qingdao, China, the local health authority said in a rare and quickly censored acknowledgment of a wave of infections that do not appear in official statistics.

This month, China began to dismantle the main components of its zero covid strategy, lifting lockdowns, quarantines and travel restrictions.

Pharmacy shelves around China they are emptying, hospitals are filling up, and crematoria and funeral homes are barely keeping up.

The end of mandatory testing has made it impossible to track infections, prompting authorities to change the medical definition of death from COVID-19which, according to experts, will reduce the number of deaths associated with the virus.

(According to Europa Press and EFE)

Source: RPP

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