US EditionChina drops cremation data from quarterly report, raising Covid death questions
- China has not released data on the number of cremations that occurred in the country during the fourth quarter of 2022, which is usually included in quarterly reports, raising concerns about the accuracy of the country's Covid-19 death toll.
- The absence of data on cremations means that researchers cannot accurately calculate excess deaths during the pandemic period, potentially indicating a significant number of deaths from Covid-19 that have not been officially reported.
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Covid scepticism deepens as China fails to release cremation data in quarterly report
China has not released the number of cremations held last winter in a quarterly report, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Thursday. Beijing has withheld a key indicator of the pandemic death toll for a period of time when the nation faced the largest Covid wave. The first known case of coronavirus (COVID-19) was reported in China towards the end of 2019, and when it started to spread, it was declared a public health emergency of int
China fails to release cremation data from late 2022 when its Covid-19 outbreak raged
By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has failed to release data on how many cremations took place in the country at the end of 2022 – obscuring a key indicator that could have shed light on the impact of the wave of Covid-19 infections that were sweeping the country at that time.
China fails to release cremation data from late 2022 when its Covid-19 outbreak raged
By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has failed to release data on how many cremations took place in the country at the end of 2022 – obscuring a key indicator that could have shed light on the impact of the wave of Covid-19 infections that were sweeping the country at that time.
China fails to release cremation data from late 2022 when its Covid-19 outbreak raged
China has failed to release data on how many cremations took place in the country at the end of 2022 – obscuring a key indicator that could have shed light on the impact of the wave of Covid-19 infections that were sweeping the country at that time.
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