China asks WHO for ‘objectivity’ after questioning deaths

China asked a question today World Health Organization (WHO) to be “objective” and “impartial” after its CEO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, assured that Beijing does not give full data on its deaths from COVID-19.

“Since the start of the pandemic, China has been openly and transparently sharing information and data with the international community. We have made important contributions to the research and development of vaccines and drugs in close contact with WHOThis was stated by Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin at a press conference on Thursday.

According to a spokesperson, “China he not only protected the lives of his people to the maximum extent possible, but also contributed to the response to COVID-19 Worldwide. We will continue technical exchanges and deepen cooperation with WHO and the entire international community to better protect everyone’s health,” he added.

“We also hope that WHO parse the response China covid in a scientific and rational manner, and that their statements reflect objectivity and impartiality,” Wang concluded.

The representative added that last month China held five technical exchanges with WHO which discussed topics such as “epidemic situation, treatment, identification of virus strains or vaccination”.

“We also held bilateral meetings with representatives European Union strengthen cooperation in response to COVID-19. And according to the WHO itself, the situation in China right now will have a significant impact on the epidemiological situation in Europe,” he said.

WAVE OF CONTACTS

The volume of the current wave of infections What the country is going through has raised doubts about whether Beijing is sharing real data on the outbreak following its decision to manage the epidemic more gently and reopen borders on January 8.

But despite a tsunami of infections and scenes of high hospital pressure in some Chinese cities after leaving the policyzero covid’, authorities have reported only a few dozen recent deaths from the disease.

For example, several countries have imposed restrictions on travelers from China Given the fear of new options, which provoked the ire of Beijing, which is justified by the fact that the measures do not take into account “neither science, nor facts, nor the real epidemic situation.”

While local experts say the peak of infections in major cities has already passed, other places are calling for caution as the Lunar New Year, a period of many displacements, approaches.

According to the head of the response team COVID-19 from the National Health Commission of China, Liang Wangnian, China “The worst is behind” the wave of infections.

With regard to the number of deaths from COVID-19Liang said on Wednesday that “it is logical to count them after pandemic”, based on data such as “excess mortality”, which “will be known later.”

EFE