WHO chief ‘very concerned’ as China’s Covid situation spills out of control

Yesterday, Chinese officials made the curious announcement that not a single person had died of COVID-19 the previous day.

However, this feat was only achieved after redefining the criteria for recording Covid deaths such that only those who died of respiratory failure would be counted.

During a press conference on Tuesday, infectious disease specialist Dr Wang Guiqiang of the Peking University First Hospital said: “At present, after being infected with the Omicron variant, the main cause of death remains underlying diseases.

“Old people have other underlying conditions, only a very small number die directory of respiratory failure caused by infection with Covid.”

However, global health expert Dr Yanzhong Huang of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City told the AFP: “The definition that focuses on respiratory failure — which develops when the lungs can’t get enough oxygen into the blood — will miss a large number of Covid deaths.

“The new definition is a reversal of the international norm adopted since mid-April during the Shanghai outbreak, which counts a Covid death as anyone who died with Covid.”

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Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1712671/china-covid-19-coronavirus-who-world-health-organization-very-concerned