China reports fewer than five deaths from coronavirus despite the rapid spread of the virus after the removal of restrictions, a situation that has raised questions about whether the government is disclosing the true number of victims.
The National Health Commission announced two deaths from the disease on Monday, while today it registered another five, the first since day three, just before the Government relaxed its strict “zero covid” policy.
The change in strategy occurred after the unprecedented protests that broke out in several Chinese cities due to the exhaustion generated by the restrictions imposed to contain the outbreaks.
However, the demolition of the policy has left the country practically paralyzed, with empty streets and an increase in infections that, however, is not reflected in official statistics, according to an agency report. efe.
For this medium, many in the Asian country suspect that official statistics are not recording the real number of deaths from COVID-19 that have occurred in recent weeks.
China has officially announced 5,242 deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic began, including the deaths recorded yesterday and today, among a population of more than 1.4 billion people.
Despite this, videos shared on social networks show long lines at crematoriums in cities such as Beijing, while some users of Weibo, equivalent to Twitter, claim that “it is impossible” that the number of casualties offered is real.
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In this sense, the private newspaper Caixin recently assured that the authorities have changed the way in which deaths from the virus are classified “to ensure that the death is due to the covid and not to underlying diseases.”
For its part, the Government defends that it has saved millions of lives thanks to “zero covid”.
According to state television CGTN, although the global mortality rate during the three years of the pandemic is 1.03%, “in China it is lower, 0.31%”, thanks to its tough strategy to protect itself from the virus despite the effects it has had on the economy and social weariness.
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