China: Despite reports that funeral homes around the nation are overflowing due to an upsurge in viral cases, China has managed to keep its COVID-19 death toll at little over 5000. According to NTD, Chinese physicians have been instructed to refrain from citing COVID-19 as a cause of death. According to NTD, which cited The New York Times, a physician at a hospital in Beijing was instructed to omit listing COVID-19 as the major cause of death. On Chinese social media, similar warnings have been widely disseminated.
In a group discussion, it was requested that the COVID-19 virus not be listed as the cause of death, according to the NTD report. Only individuals who pass away from COVID-19-related respiratory failure are considered COVID-19 deaths in China.
According to the news report, COVID-19 patients who pass away due to pre-existing diseases are not considered COVID-19 deaths, even if the virus made their condition worse. A typed note was recently discovered on a hospital desk, according to a doctor at a private hospital in Beijing.
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Note advised not to cite respiratory failure induced by COVID
According to The New York Times, the note advised the physicians to “attempt not to cite respiratory failure induced by COVID” as the main reason for death.
The doctors stated that it was unclear whether the information was sent internally or if they had gotten it from government representatives, according to the news source.
Similar admonitions to doctors not to “carelessly write COVID” on the death certificates have been shared on Chinese social media, according to The New York Times.
According to a statement issued by the United Nations, the World Health Organization has charged China with “under-representing” the severity of its COVID-19 outbreak in terms of hospital admissions, fatalities, and intensive care unit admissions. Similar admonitions to doctors not to “carelessly write COVID” on the death certificates have been shared on Chinese social media, according to The New York Times.
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COVID-19 cases in China is concerning
The increase in COVID-19 cases in China is concerning, according to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who was speaking at a news conference on January 4.
In the press conference, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that “WHO is concerned about the risk to life in China and has reiterated the importance of vaccination, including booster doses, to protect against hospitalization, severe disease, and death.”
“With circulation in China so high and comprehensive data not forthcoming – as I said last week it is understandable that some countries are taking steps they believe will protect their own citizens. This data is useful to WHO and the world and we encourage all countries to share it,” added he.
According to a statement issued by the United Nations, WHO Emergencies Director Mike Ryan urged on Chinese authorities to give further information later in the meeting.
According to Ryan, the statistics currently coming out of China “underrepresented” the full impact of COVID-19.
Mike Ryan stated in the press conference, “We believe that the current numbers being published from China underrepresents the true impact of the disease in terms of hospital admissions, in terms of ICU admissions, and particularly in terms of deaths.”
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