U.S. President Joe Biden raised concern about China's handling of its COVID outbreak hours after the WHO questioned under-reporting of deaths
The United States is one of more than a dozen nations that have imposed restrictions on travellers from China since it scrapped stringent COVID controls last month that had shielded its 1.4 billion population from the virus for three years.filling hospitals and overwhelming some funeral homesMike Ryan, the WHO's emergencies director, told a media briefing on Wednesday that current numbers being published from China under-represent hospital admissions, intensive care unit patients and deaths.
There was no immediate coverage of the WHO's remarks in Chinese state media on Thursday. In previous statements, China's government has played down the severity of the situation. China reported one new COVID-19 death in the mainland for Wednesday, compared with five a day earlier, bringing its official death toll to 5,259.With one of the lowest COVID death tolls in the world, China has been routinely accused of under-reporting infections and deaths for political reasons.
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