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BEIJING, Jan 14 (Reuters) - China said on Saturday nearly 60,000 people with COVID-19 had died in hospital since it abandoned its zero-COVID policy last month, a huge increase from previously reported figures that follows global criticism of the country's coronavirus data. In early December, Beijing abruptly dismantled its strict three-year anti-virus regime of frequent testing, travel curbs and mass lockdowns after widespread protests in late November, and cases have surged since then across the nation of 1.4 billion. A health official said on Saturday that COVID fever and emergency hospitalisations had peaked and the number of hospitalised patients was continuing to decline. Between Dec. 8 and Jan. 12, the number of COVID-related deaths in Chinese hospitals totalled 59,938, Jiao Yahui, head of the Bureau of Medical Administration under the National Health Commission (NHC), told a media briefing. Of those fatalities, 5,503 were caused by respiratory failure due to COVID and the remainder resulted from a combination of COVID and other diseases, she said. The World Health Organization, which earlier this week said that China was heavily under-reporting deaths from the virus and The U.N. agency said its Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had spoken with Ma Xiaowei, director of China's National Health Commission, about the latest outbreak, which the WHO said was similar to what had been seen in other countries. "The reported data indicate a decline in case numbers, h...

Webinar – China’s Reopening after Zero-Covid: Progress Report July 26, 2023 | 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET Partner and Head of the North American desk, Kyle Freeman, will discuss China’s re-opening status, market recovery, growth prospects, and any policies that are still in place to help domestic and foreign businesses. Join us in this free webinar. Register Now Latest COVID-19 updates • China’s CDC releases latest COVID-19 data, showing over 90 percent decrease in cases from peak.The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) has The majority of cases were a result of the XBB strain and its sub-variants, with the proportion increasing slightly from 84.6 percent between May 1 and 7 to 92.4 percent from May 22 to May 28. The number of visits to fever clinics across the Chinese mainland reached a peak of 2.867 million on December 23, 2022, and then continued to decline. The number of visits increased between February 24 and April 6 before plateauing and decreasing again over a period of two weeks. By April 27, the number of visits stood at 221,000, a drop of 92.3 percent from the peak. • The World Bank raises China’s growth forecast to 5.6 percent. The World Bank has projected a 5.6 percent growth for China’s economy this year, showing • China introduces its inaugural four-valent Covid vaccine. Residents in Beijing and various other Chinese cities • China’s post-reopening COVID-19 wave to reach its peak in June. According to official media reports, a well-known ex...

Webinar – China’s Reopening after Zero-Covid: Progress Report July 26, 2023 | 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET Partner and Head of the North American desk, Kyle Freeman, will discuss China’s re-opening status, market recovery, growth prospects, and any policies that are still in place to help domestic and foreign businesses. Join us in this free webinar. Register Now Latest COVID-19 updates • China’s CDC releases latest COVID-19 data, showing over 90 percent decrease in cases from peak.The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) has The majority of cases were a result of the XBB strain and its sub-variants, with the proportion increasing slightly from 84.6 percent between May 1 and 7 to 92.4 percent from May 22 to May 28. The number of visits to fever clinics across the Chinese mainland reached a peak of 2.867 million on December 23, 2022, and then continued to decline. The number of visits increased between February 24 and April 6 before plateauing and decreasing again over a period of two weeks. By April 27, the number of visits stood at 221,000, a drop of 92.3 percent from the peak. • The World Bank raises China’s growth forecast to 5.6 percent. The World Bank has projected a 5.6 percent growth for China’s economy this year, showing • China introduces its inaugural four-valent Covid vaccine. Residents in Beijing and various other Chinese cities • China’s post-reopening COVID-19 wave to reach its peak in June. According to official media reports, a well-known ex...

BEIJING, Jan 14 (Reuters) - China said on Saturday nearly 60,000 people with COVID-19 had died in hospital since it abandoned its zero-COVID policy last month, a huge increase from previously reported figures that follows global criticism of the country's coronavirus data. In early December, Beijing abruptly dismantled its strict three-year anti-virus regime of frequent testing, travel curbs and mass lockdowns after widespread protests in late November, and cases have surged since then across the nation of 1.4 billion. A health official said on Saturday that COVID fever and emergency hospitalisations had peaked and the number of hospitalised patients was continuing to decline. Between Dec. 8 and Jan. 12, the number of COVID-related deaths in Chinese hospitals totalled 59,938, Jiao Yahui, head of the Bureau of Medical Administration under the National Health Commission (NHC), told a media briefing. Of those fatalities, 5,503 were caused by respiratory failure due to COVID and the remainder resulted from a combination of COVID and other diseases, she said. The World Health Organization, which earlier this week said that China was heavily under-reporting deaths from the virus and The U.N. agency said its Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had spoken with Ma Xiaowei, director of China's National Health Commission, about the latest outbreak, which the WHO said was similar to what had been seen in other countries. "The reported data indicate a decline in case numbers, h...