BEIJING/HONG KONG/GENEVA — State media in China played down the severity of a surge of COVID\u002D19 infections on Tuesday, while its scientists briefed the World…
The global body had invited the scientists to present detailed data on viral sequencing at a technical advisory group meeting on Tuesday, and has asked China to share data on hospitalizations, deaths and vaccinations.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“We are willing to improve communication with the world,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told reporters in Beijing. A White House National Security Council official would not comment on Tuesday’s meeting, but echoed calls WHO calls for more information. As the virus spreads unchecked, funeral homes have reported a spike in demand for their services and international health experts predict at least one million deaths in China this year.
Kang Yan, head of West China Tianfu Hospital of Sichuan University, said that in the past three weeks 46 patients had been admitted to intensive care units, representing about 1% of symptomatic infections.
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