China changes counting criteria as death toll rises amid massive Covid-19 spread

Amid China's Covid-19 pandemic outbreak, images have emerged on social media platforms showing busy hospitals and funeral homes, reported CNN. The local media of China has been deliberately ignoring scenes of crowded hospital wards and packed crematoriums unfolding at home on the other hand Chinese official states that few people have died of Covid. ⚠️THERMONUCLEAR BAD—Hospitals completely overwhelmed in China ever since restrictions dropped. Epidemiologist estimate >60% of 🇨🇳 & 10% of Earth’s population likely infected over next 90 days. Deaths likely in the millions—plural. This is just the start experts said. pic.twitter.com/9Bv3mHbEGc — Pakistan Stocks 📊📈 (@Stockkse100) December 22, 2022 There are no more beds inside the #Chongqing Medical University Hospital, and the elderly are starting to lie on the floor. The machines that are on the chests are used to replace the human hand to press the heart. #chinacovid #ChinaCovidCases #China pic.twitter.com/QZRM9NwabH — Praneeth Gidnandi (@PGidnandi) December 24, 2022 A Chinese father kneels down and begs the hospital staff to help his kid with high fever and in return hospital staff kneels down and says he can't help in any way. Most of the hospitals in China are full with covid patients #ChinaCovid #ChinaCovidCases pic.twitter.com/lVbhYU7MMo — 5star (@Ak_bh2047) December 20, 2022 It's been three years that China has been following its Zero Covid policy that has shielded the people of China from such kind of mass deaths that haunted Western nations. But China's authorities have suddenly called off its Zero covid policy just after a major China protest which has resulted in a surge of deaths that has been projected to reach one million by experts. The Chinese government officials have reported only eight Covid deaths this month which is a strikingly low figure given the rapid spread of Covid-19 in China. the death of two veteran state media journalists infected with Covid has been reported by the Chinese local financial magazine, on the day the official toll stood at zero. Covid deaths in China China has been downplaying its Covid-19 deaths and the officials of the Chinese government have been defending the accuracy of the tally of deaths by changing the methods of counting fatalities caused by the virus. During a press conference, a top infectious disease doctor, Wang Guiqiang said, "As per the latest guidelines from the National Health Commission, Covid deaths would be considered only when death is caused by pneumonia and respiratory failure after contracting the virus," reported CNN. Further, he said that those who have died due to any other disease will not be counted as a virus death, even if they were sick with Covid at the time. On Wednesday. the World Health Organization’s emergencies chief, Michael Ryan said that the definition was “quite narrow,” while talking about China’s criteria for counting Covid deaths, reported CNN.

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China changes counting criteria as death toll rises amid massive Covid-19 spread

Amid China's Covid-19 pandemic outbreak, images have emerged on social media platforms that have shown overflowing hospitals and busy funeral homes.

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