The figures reported by Qingdao’s municipal health chief were in stark contrast to official statistics from the central government
Chinese hospitals have reportedly been overwhelmed since the dismantling of the country’s zero-Covid measures.Chinese hospitals have reportedly been overwhelmed since the dismantling of the country’s zero-Covid measures.Half a million people a day are being infected with Covid-19 in a single Chinese city, a senior health official has said, in a rare and quickly censored acknowledgment that the country’s wave of infections is not being reflected in official statistics.
China’s National Health Commission said that just 4,103 new infections were recorded across the entire country on Friday, with no new deaths. In Shandong, the province where Qingdao is located, authorities officially logged just 31 new domestic cases. China’s government has tight control over the country’s media, with legions of online censors on hand to scrub out content deemed politically sensitive.
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