According to the latest data released by the World Health Organization, there are more than 646 million confirmed cases and more than 6.63 million deaths due to COVID-19 in the world. China is among the countries with the lowest rates of severe illness and mortality. Always putting people's ...
There were a total of 59,938 COVID-related deaths between December 8, 2022 and January 12 this year, Jiao Yahui, head of the Bureau of Medical Administration under the National Health Commission, told a press conference ...
But these estimates include only deaths due directly to COVID-19, and do not take into account excess deaths because of delays in treating people with non-COVID-19 diseases, says Ewan Cameron, a modeller at the Telethon Kids Institute in Perth, Australia. The study suggests that if 85% of...
A recent study says that China could risk up to 1.5 million deaths if it were to drop its Zero-COVID policy. The peer-reviewed research was conducted by scientists in China and the US. Their predictions however exclude the use of any safety measures, such as continuing...
Monday also saw the new confirmed infections of COVID-19 outside Hubei reduced to a number lower than 100 for the first time, Mi said at a press conference in Beijing. He added that, for the first time, the daily number of new deaths also slid to below 100 across the country. ...
China experienced a sharp but short increase in excess deaths among its elderly during the Omicron wave. If death registry data corroborate our estimates of substantial excess deaths in China, the worldwide estimates of excess deaths due to SARS-CoV-2 in 2022–2023 may need upward adjustment.Pre...
China announced a slight easing of its zero-COVID rules on November 11, 2022, and then a major relaxation on December 7, 2022. We estimate that the ensuing wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections caused 1.41 million deaths in China during December 2022–February 2023, substantia...
China reported 59,938 COVID-19 related deaths at hospitals from Dec 8 to Thursday, a health official said on Saturday. Jiao Yahui, head of the National Health Commission's medical administration bureau, said that 5,503 fatalities were caused by respiratory failure induced by the infection, and...
But other users disagreed, withone notingthat while testing positive for COVID generally does not mean a death sentence, withholding medical help for a sick child can — and in at least two cases now, did — lead to deaths. While the Chinese hashtag for "girl refused medical help died" ...
"Zero-COVID does not mean zero infections," said Liang Wannian, head of Expert Group in Epidemic Response at China's National Health Commission. "But we have been able to quickly curb the virus, effectively control the epidemic and minimize the number of deaths and severe ...